così
Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *eccum sīc, corresponding to Italian ecco + sì. Closely parallel to Dalmatian coisa, Friulian cussì, Istriot cussèi, Sardinian gósi (bosìe, deàsi, etc.), Venetan 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
- IPA(key): /koˈzi/*, (traditional) /koˈsi/*[1]
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- (regional) IPA(key): */koˈzi/*
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: co‧sì
Adverb
così
Derived terms
References
- ^ cosí in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)