In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for a male or a female.The noun for a female is lady; the corresponding noun for a male is gentleman.
Gentleman
Of the gentleman is an English equivalent of 'Delsignore'. The word in Italian is pronounced 'dehl-see-NYOH-reh'. The name is formed by combining the preposition 'di' ['of'], the masculine definite article 'il' ['the'], and the masculine gender noun 'signore'['gentleman'].
Signore is an Italian equivalent of 'gentleman'. It's a masculine gender noun that takes as its definite article 'il' ['the'] and as its indefinite article 'uno' ['a, one']. It's pronounced 'see-NYOH-ray'.Another equivalent is gentiluomo. It's a masculine gender noun that's pronounced 'jehn-tee-LWOH-moh'. It's formed from the combination of the adjective 'gentile' ['polite, courteous'] and the masculine gender noun 'uomo' ['man'].
The noun gentleman is a singular noun.The plural noun is gentlemen.
"A gentleman" is one English equivalent of the French phrase un monsieur.Specifically, the masculine word un means "a, an" as a singular indefinite article and "one" as a number. The masculine noun monsieur translates as "gentleman, mister, Mr., sir." The pronunciation will be "eh muh-syuh" in French.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for a male or a female.The term lady guard is a term for a female; the equivalent term for a male is gentleman guard.
"Buon giorno, Signor Porter" is an Italian equivalent of "Good morning, Dr. Porter."Specifically, the masculine adjective "buon"* means "good." The masculine noun "giorno" means "day." The masculine noun "signore"** means "gentleman, Mr, Sir."The pronunciation is "bwohn DJOHR-noh see-NYOHr POHR-ter."*The masculine adjective actually is "buono." But the final "o" drops before a noun that begins with a consonant.**The masculine noun actually is "Signore." But the final "e" drops before a noun that begins with a consonant.
In French, "apricot" (abricot) is a masculine noun.
The plural form for the noun gentleman is gentlemen.The plural possessive form is gentlemen's.
"Good morning, Sir!" is one English equivalent of the French phrase Bonjour, Monsieur!Specifically, the masculine adjective bon means "good." The masculine noun jour literally means "day." The masculine noun monsieur means "gentleman, Mr., sir."The pronunciation will be "bohzhoor muh-syuhr" in French.
The plural form for the noun gentleman is gentlemen.The plural possessive form is gentlemen's.