Cousin

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1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Usage Note 1.1.2 Translations 1.2 See also 2 French 2.1 See also 3 German 3.1 See also

English

Noun

cousin (plural cousins )

1. son or daughter of someone's uncle or aunt
2. relative who is not a direct ancestor or descendant, more distantly related than an aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, etc. Relatives who have a common grandparent are called first cousins, those who have a common great-grandparent are called second cousins, a great-great-grandparent third cousins , and so forth.

Usage Note

If two cousins are one generation apart, they are called once removed; if two generations apart, twice removed , etc. For example, if Phil and Marie are first cousins, and Marie has a son Andre, Phil and Andre are first cousins once removed .

Translations

• Basque: lehengusu (1, 2), inuxente (fig.) (1, 2), lehengusin (3, 4), sari (3, 4)
• Catalan: cosí m (ca) (1, 2), cosina f (ca) (3, 4)
• Dutch: neef m (1,2), nicht f (3, 4), kozijn m (1, 2) (in Flanders), oomzegger m (1, 2)
• Esperanto: kuzo (1, 2)

  serkku (Suomi )

  cousin m (1,2), cousine (3,4)

• German: Cousin m (de) (1); Cousine f (de) , oldfashioned: Base f (1), Vetter m (2)
• Arabic: إبن عم (father's brother's son), بنت عم (father's brother's daughter), إبن عمة (father's sister's son), بنت عمة (father's sister's daughter), إبن خال (mother's brother's son), بنت خال (mother's brother's daughter), إبن خالة (mother's sister's son), بنت خالة (mother's sister's daughter)
• Hebrew: דּוֹדָן m (1,2,5), דּוֹדָנִית f (3,4,5)
• Indonesian: sepupu (1, 2, 3, 4)
• Italian: cugino m (1, 2), cugina f (3, 4)
• Japanese: いとこ (itoko) (1, 2, 3, 4), 従兄弟 , 従姉妹
• Latin: consobrinus (1, 2) (maternal male cousin), consobrina (3, 4) (maternal female cousin), patruelis (1, 2, 3, 4) (paternal cousin), frater patruelis (1, 2) (paternal male cousin), soror patruelis (3, 4) (paternal female cousin)
• Polish: kuzyn m, kuzynka f
• Romanian: văr m (1,2), verişoară f (3,4)
• Russian: кузен m, кузина f

  bratanec /bratranec m (1, 2), sesternica f (3, 4)

• Spanish: primo m (1, 2), prima f (3, 4)
• Turkish: amcaoğlu [-nu] (father's brother's son), teyzeoğlu [-nu] (mother's sister's son), teyzekızı [-nı] (mother's sister's daughter)

See also

• family
• first cousin
• genealogy
• in-law
• once removed
• twice removed
• second cousin
• third cousin

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French

cousin m (plural cousins)

1. cousin (male)

See also

• cousine

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German

Cousin m (plural Cousins)

1. a male cousin

See also

• Cousine