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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cōnsobrīnus (“first cousin”). Doublet of cugino.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kon.soˈbri.no/
- Rhymes: -ino
- Hyphenation: con‧so‧brì‧no
Noun
consobrino m (plural consobrini, feminine consobrina)
- (literary, archaic) (male) cousin
- Synonym: cugino
1825, Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade [Iliad], Milan: Giovanni Resnati e Gius. Bernardoni di Gio, translation of Ἰλιάς (Iliás) by Homer, published 1840, Libro X, page 222:Ipocoonte ¶ […] , de' Traci consigliero, e prode ¶ Consobrino di Reso.- Hippocoon, Thracian councillor, and brave cousin of Rhesus.
Latin
Noun
cōnsobrīnō
- dative/ablative singular of cōnsobrīnus