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Romanian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Suffix
-iță f (plural -ițe)
- Forms diminutives of some feminine nouns
- fată (“girl”) + -iță → fetiță (“little girl”)
- capră (“goat”) + -iță → căpriță (“little goat”)
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Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic -ица (-ica), from Proto-Slavic *-ica.
Suffix
-iță f (plural -ițe)
- Used to make feminine forms of some masculine nouns, e.g. professions; -ess
- Synonym: (less common) -easă
- doctor (“doctor”) + -iță → doctoriță (“female doctor”), actor (“actor”) + -iță → actriță (“actress”)
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