Noun: fanciulla
Gender: f
Hyphenation: fan‧ciùl‧la
| Singular m | fanciullo |
| Singular f | fanciulla |
| Plural f | fanciulle |
Sample Sentences
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O soave fanciulla (O gentle maiden)
Nouns inflected like fanciulla
nipotina,
ragazzina,
trisavola,
trisnonna,
vegliarda,
bambina,
cuginetta,
lavandaia,
gattara,
gattina,
bisnonna,
santola,
bisavola,
scolara,
piccina,
primogenita,
cagnetta,
marchettara,
figlioletta,
ruffiana, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From fanciullo, from older fancello, from fanticello, from fante, infante, from Latin īnfāns. Compare Sicilian fancella and fanzella. See: Latin Nouns '
īnfāns'.
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