🇮🇹 Italian

studentesse

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feminine

le studentesse

female students

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studentesse
/le studenˈtesse/
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How do you say studentesse in Italian?

IPA
/le studenˈtesse/

How do you pronounce studentesse in Italian?

studentesse is pronounced /le studenˈtesse/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La studentessa italiana è molto brava e diligente.

The Italian female student is very clever and diligent.

Quella studentessa nuova è stata accettata all'università prestigiosa.

That new female student was accepted to the prestigious university.

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Why is it feminine?

Studentesse is feminine because it uses the "-essa" suffix, which is a productive Italian feminine suffix used to create female agent nouns from masculine nouns ending in "-e" or "-o". The masculine "studente" (from Latin "studens") becomes "studentessa" (feminine) through this suffix. While "-ente" does derive from Latin "-ens/-entis", the operative suffix here for feminization is "-essa", not the "-ente" ending itself.

What is the Italian word for female students?

The Italian word for female students is le studentesse — feminine.

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