consobrino

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnsōbrīnus (“first cousin”). Doublet of cugino.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kon.soˈbri.no/, [kon̪s̪oˈbr̺iːn̺o]
  • Stress: consobrìno
  • Hyphenation: con‧so‧bri‧no

Noun

consobrino m (plural consobrini, feminine consobrina)

  1. (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

consōbrīnō

  1. dative singular of consōbrīnus
  2. ablative singular of consōbrīnus
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