così
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *eccum sīc, corresponding to Italian ecco + sì. Closely parallel to Dalmatian coisa, Friulian cussì, Istriot cussèi, Sardinian gósi (bosìe, deàsi, etc.), Venetian cusì. Compare also Catalan així, French ainsi, Portuguese assim, Spanish así, Romanian așa, Sicilian accussì.
The original geminated -cc-, though lost in the standard language, is still found in many regional Italian varieties.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /koˈzi/*, (traditional) /koˈsi/*[1]
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- (regional) IPA(key): */koˈzi/*
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: co‧sì
Adverb edit
così
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ cosí in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)