cousiner

French

Etymology

From cousin +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

cousiner

  1. to get along; to get on well

Usage notes

This suggest having a relationship akin to one shared by cousins.

Conjugation

Conjugation of cousiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple cousiner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple cousinant
/ku.zi.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle cousiné
/ku.zi.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present cousine
/ku.zin/ 		cousines
/ku.zin/ 		cousine
/ku.zin/ 		cousinons
/ku.zi.nɔ̃/ 		cousinez
/ku.zi.ne/ 		cousinent
/ku.zin/
imperfect cousinais
/ku.zi.nɛ/ 		cousinais
/ku.zi.nɛ/ 		cousinait
/ku.zi.nɛ/ 		cousinions
/ku.zi.njɔ̃/ 		cousiniez
/ku.zi.nje/ 		cousinaient
/ku.zi.nɛ/
past historic2 cousinai
/ku.zi.ne/ 		cousinas
/ku.zi.na/ 		cousina
/ku.zi.na/ 		cousinâmes
/ku.zi.nam/ 		cousinâtes
/ku.zi.nat/ 		cousinèrent
/ku.zi.nɛʁ/
future cousinerai
/ku.zin.ʁe/ 		cousineras
/ku.zin.ʁa/ 		cousinera
/ku.zin.ʁa/ 		cousinerons
/ku.zin.ʁɔ̃/ 		cousinerez
/ku.zin.ʁe/ 		cousineront
/ku.zin.ʁɔ̃/
conditional cousinerais
/ku.zin.ʁɛ/ 		cousinerais
/ku.zin.ʁɛ/ 		cousinerait
/ku.zin.ʁɛ/ 		cousinerions
/ku.zi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		cousineriez
/ku.zi.nə.ʁje/ 		cousineraient
/ku.zin.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present cousine
/ku.zin/ 		cousines
/ku.zin/ 		cousine
/ku.zin/ 		cousinions
/ku.zi.njɔ̃/ 		cousiniez
/ku.zi.nje/ 		cousinent
/ku.zin/
imperfect2 cousinasse
/ku.zi.nas/ 		cousinasses
/ku.zi.nas/ 		cousinât
/ku.zi.na/ 		cousinassions
/ku.zi.na.sjɔ̃/ 		cousinassiez
/ku.zi.na.sje/ 		cousinassent
/ku.zi.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — cousine
/ku.zin/ 		— cousinons
/ku.zi.nɔ̃/ 		cousinez
/ku.zi.ne/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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