🇮🇹 Italian

cugini

masculine

i cugini

cousins

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cugini
/i kuˈdʒiːni/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cugini in Italian?

IPA
/i kuˈdʒiːni/

How do you pronounce cugini in Italian?

cugini is pronounced /i kuˈdʒiːni/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il mio cugino italiano è molto simpatico e intelligente.

My Italian cousin (masculine) is very nice and intelligent.

Il cugino maggiore di mio padre è diventato un medico famoso.

My father's older cousin (masculine) became a famous doctor.

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Why is it masculine?

Cugini is masculine because it derives from Latin "consobrinus" (a male cousin), which inherited the masculine gender marker "-us" that became "-o" in Italian; the feminine form "cugina" comes from the Latin feminine "consobrina" with its "-a" ending.

What is the Italian word for cousins?

The Italian word for cousins is i cugini — masculine.

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