Genoese words deriving from Latin forms in -ale(m) generally take the ending -â, such as prinçipâ < principale(m). Currently one also finds Genoese forms in -ale, in the following cases:

• Latinisms of learned origin, such as spirituale < spirituale(m), widely attested in written use;
• 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.

Feminine nouns and adjectives ending in -e remain unchanged in the plural, keeping a form closer to the original Latin declension compared to the Italian equivalents. Thus unna ciave > doe ciave < duae claves “two keys” and unna noxe > træ noxe < tres nuces “three nuts”. Plural forms in -i, such as ciavi and noxi, are Italianisms widely spread especially in urban areas.

Exceptions are feminines in -eise, whose plural form is now -eixi as in the masculine: unna zeneise > dötræ zeneixi “some Genoese women”.