Genoese words deriving from Latin forms in -ale(m) generally take the ending -â, such as prinçipâ < principale(m). Currently, one can also find Genoese forms in -ale in Latinisms of learned origin, such as spirituale < spirituale(m), widely attested in written use; and in forms that, in spoken language, have long since lost the genuine ending -â due to the influence of Italian. In this dictionary, given its purposes, the forms in -â are reported preferentially, whenever they are actually attested in use.

In Genoese the plural of words in -an results in -en (artexan “artisan” > artexen “artisans,” can “dog” > chen “dogs,” italian “Italian” > italien “Italians”). The pronunciation of the ending is -[ˈeŋ] (with a close vowel) in urban Genoese (hence also the spelling, compared to the “etymological” -æn); in many peripheral varieties it is -[ˈɛŋ], with an open vowel. The Genoese orthography makes it possible to represent both pronunciations through a single spelling. On pronunciation alternations in contemporary Genoese shared by the speaker community, and on their lexicographic representations (partly taken up in DEIZE), see in particular Lusito (2025, § 6).