Accordcousins
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masculine
les cousins
cousins
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cousins
/le kuzɛ̃/
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Comment dit-on cousins en français ?
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/le kuzɛ̃/
How do you pronounce cousins in français?
cousins is pronounced /le kuzɛ̃/ in français.
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Pourquoi est-ce masculine ?
Cousins is masculine in French because it derives from the Latin "cousinus," which was a masculine noun. French retained this grammatical gender from Latin. The feminine form "cousine" is used to refer to a female cousin, following the typical Romance language pattern of adding feminine endings (-e) to masculine nouns to create their feminine counterparts.
Comment dit-on cousins en français ?
En français, cousins se dit les cousins — masculine.
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