The first is theassociation to the translator (the Italian term “relative”), while the second is that of thehyperonym (the broader class to which the new term belongs). A clear example is the slideswhich is feminine by direct association with the Italian word “diapositiva” and which is sometimes preferred to our Italian counterpart. A widespread example is that of cars, where in Italian “macchina” and “automobile” exist as feminine gender terms. In Italian the SUV is masculine, and not the SUV, since it is the acronym of “Sports Utility Vehicle“, which our brain immediately connects to the Italian term “vehicle”, also masculine. Terms of this type are among the most productive and widespread that enter the feminine gender category.