-etta

== Interlingua == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈeta/ === Suffix === -etta female equivalent of -etto ==== Usage notes ==== As well as indicating females, -etta is also used with inanimate nouns ending in -a, such as boteca (“shop, store”) → botechetta (“small shop”). This suffix is not to be confused with -ita (“inhabitant, adherent”). === References === Alexander Gode; Hugh E. Blair (1955), Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN == Italian == === Suffix === -etta feminine of -etto ‎molla (“spring”) + ‎-etta → ‎molletta (“clothes peg”) ‎maglia (“shirt”) + ‎-etta → ‎maglietta (“T-shirt”) ‎attrice (“actress”) + ‎-etta → ‎attricetta (“starlet”) ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === Teta, atte, tate, teta == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /et.tɑ/ === Suffix === -etta genitive plural of -et