cousin

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Etymology

From Old French cosin, from Latin consobrinus, from com- + sobrinus.

Pronunciation

Noun

cousin (plural cousins)

The son or daughter of a person’s uncle or aunt; a first cousin.
I think my cousin could possibly be gay or bi.
Any relation who is not a direct ancestor or descendant; one more distantly related than an uncle, aunt, granduncle, grandaunt, nephew, niece, grandnephew, grandniece, etc.

Usage notes

People who have common grandparents but different parents are first cousins. People who have common great-grandparents but no common grandparents and different parents are second cousins, and so on.
In general, one’s nth cousin is anyone other than oneself or one's siblings found by going back n+1 generations and then forward n+1 generations. One of my first cousin's parents is one of my parents' siblings. One of my second cousin's grandparents is one of my grandparents' siblings.
The child of one’s first cousin is one’s first cousin once removed; the grandchild of one’s first cousin is one’s first cousin twice removed, and so on. For example, if Phil and Marie are first cousins, and Marie has a son Andre, then Phil and Andre are first cousins once removed.
In the southern US, the relation is considered the number of links between two people of common ancestry to the common aunt or uncle.
A patrilineal or paternal cousin is a father's niece or nephew, and a matrilineal or maternal cousin a mother's. Paternal and maternal parallel cousins are father's brother's child and mother's sister's child, respectively; paternal and maternal cross cousins are father's sister's child and mother's brother's child, respectively.

Synonyms

(nephew or niece of one's parent): first cousin

Derived terms

term derived from cousin (noun)

Translations

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nephew or niece of a parent

Arabic: ابن عم (ar) (ibn ʿamm) m (father’s brother's son); بنت عم (ar) (bint ʿamm) f (father’s brother's daughter); ابن عمة (ar) (ibn ʿamma) m (father's sister’s son); بنت عمة (ar) (bint ʿamma) f (father's sister’s daughter); ابن خال (ar) (ibn xāl) m (mother's brother’s son); بنت خال (ar) (bint xāl) f (mother's brother’s daughter); ابن خالة (ar) (ibn xāla) m (mother's sister’s son); بنت خالة (ar) (bint xāla) f (mother's sister’s daughter)
Armenian: զարմիկ (hy) (zarmik) (male cousin), զարմուհի (hy) (zarmuhi) (female cousin)
Asturian: primu (ast) m, prima (ast) f
Basque: lehengusu (eu), lehengusina (eu) (female)
Belarusian: стрыечны брат (be) (stryjéčny brat) m , стрыечная сястра (be) (stryjéčnaja sjastrá) f
Bulgarian: братовчед (bg) (bratovčed) m , братовчедка (bg) (bratovčedka) f
Catalan: cosí (ca) m, cosina (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 堂兄 (cmn) (tángxiōng), 堂哥 (cmn) (tánggē) (father’s brother’s son older than oneself); 堂弟 (cmn) (tángdì) (father’s brother’s son younger than oneself); 堂姐 (cmn) (tángjiě) (堂姊 (cmn)) (father’s brother’s daughter older than oneself); 堂妹 (cmn) (tángmèi) (father’s brother’s daughter younger than oneself); 表兄 (cmn) (biǎoxiōng), 表哥 (cmn) (biǎogē) (mother’s brother’s, or either parent’s sister’s, son older than oneself); 表弟 (cmn) (biǎodì) (mother's brother's, or either parent's sister's, son younger than oneself); 表姐 (cmn) (biǎojiě) (表姊 (cmn)) (mother's brother's, or either parent's, sister's, daughter older than oneself); 表妹 (cmn) (biǎomèi) (mother's brother's, or either parent's sister's, daughter younger than oneself)

Min Nan: (elder male) 表兄 (nan) (piáu-hiaⁿ), (younger male) 表小弟 (nan) (piáu-sió-tī), (elder female) 表姊 (nan) (piáu-ché, piáu-chí), (younger female) 表小妹 (nan) (piáu-sió-muē, piáu-sió-bē)
Chinook Jargon: kahpo
Czech: bratranec (cs) m, sestřenice (cs) f
Dalmatian: cosobrain m
Danish: fætter (da) c (male), kusine (da) c (female)
Dutch: neef (nl) (male cousin or nephew), nicht (nl) (female cousin or niece), volle neef (nl) m, volle nicht (nl) f
Esperanto: (♂♀) gekuzo (eo), (♂♀) kuzo (eo), (♂) virkuzo (eo), (neologism, ♂) kuziĉo (eo), (♀) kuzino (eo)
Estonian: nõbu (et), tädipoeg (et) (aunt's son), täditütar (et) (aunt's daughter), onupoeg (et) (uncle's son), onutütar (et) (uncle's daughter)
Ewe: daa (older female cousin); fo (older male cousin); tsɛ (cousin younger than oneself)
Faroese: systkinabarn (fo) n
Finnish: serkku (fi)
Flemish: kozijn m
French: cousin (fr) m, cousine (fr) f
Middle French: cousin m, cousine f

Old French: cosin m, cosine f
Galician: primo (gl) m, prima (gl) f
German: Cousin (de) m, Vetter (de) m; Cousine (de) f, Kusine (de) f, Base (de) f (regional)
Greek: ξάδελφος (el) (ksádelfos) m , ξαδέλφη (el) (ksadélfi) f
Greenlandic: illoq, illooraq, illuk
Hebrew: דּוֹדָן (he) (dodan) m, דּוֹדָנִית (he) (dodanyt) f; בן-דוד (he) (ben-dod) m (uncle's son); בת-דוד (he) (bat-dod) f (uncle's daughter); בן-דודה (he) (ben-doda) m (aunt's son); בת-דודה (he) (bat-doda) f (aunt's daughter)
Hungarian: unokatestvér (hu)
Icelandic: frændi (is) m (male), frænka (is) f (female)
Ido: (♂♀) kuzo (io), (♂) kuzulo (io), (♂♀) kuzino (io)
Indonesian: sepupu (id)
Irish: col ceathrair (ga) m, col ceathar (ga) m

Italian: cugino (it) m, cugina (it) f
Japanese: いとこ (ja) (itoko), (male) 従兄弟 (ja) (いとこ, itoko), (female) 従姉妹 (ja) (いとこ, itoko)
Jèrriais: couôsîn m, couôsîn gèrmain m
Khmer: ជីដូនមួយ (km) (jidōn mūay)
Korean: 사촌 (ko) (sa-chon)
Kurdish:
Sorani: ئامۆزا (ku) (amoza)
Latgalian: bruolinīks, muosineica f, muosiniška
Latin: consobrinus (la) (maternal male cousin); consobrina (la) (maternal female cousin); patruelis (la) (paternal cousin); frater patruelis (la) (paternal male cousin); soror patruelis (la) (paternal female cousin)
Latvian: (male) brālēns (lv), (female) māsīca (lv)
Lithuanian: pusbrolis (lt) m, pusseserė (lt) f
Macedonian: (male) братучед (mk) (brátučed) m, (female) братучедка (mk) (bratúčedka) f
Malay: sepupu (ms)
Northern Sami: (male) vilbealle, vilba, (female) oarpmealle, oambealle
Norwegian: fetter (no) m (male), kusine (no) f (female), søskenbarn (no) n (both)
Old French: cosin m, cosine f
Persian: پسرعمو (fa) (pesar-'amu) (paternal uncle's son); دخترعمو (fa) (doxtar-'amu) (paternal uncle's daughter); پسرعمه (fa) (pesar-'amme) (paternal aunt's son); دخترعمه (fa) (doxtar-'amme) (paternal aunt's daughter); پسردائی (fa) (pesar-dâ'i) (maternal uncle's son); دختردائی (fa) (doxtar-dâ'i) (maternal uncle's daughter); پسرخاله (fa) (pesar-xâle) (maternal aunt's son); دخترخاله (fa) (doxtar-xâle) (maternal aunt's daughter)
Polish: kuzyn (pl) m, kuzynka (pl) f
Portuguese: primo (pt) m, prima (pt) f
Romanian: văr (ro) m, vară (ro) f
Russian: двоюродный брат (ru) (dvojúrodnyj brat) m (first cousin); двоюродная сестра (ru) (dvojúrodnaja sestrá) f (first cousin); кузен (ru) (kuzɛ́n) m (any cousin); кузина (ru) (kuzína) f (any cousin)
Scottish Gaelic: co-ogha (gd) m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: рођак (sh) m

Roman: rođak (sh) m, bratučed (sh) m (any cousin), bratučeda (sh) f (any cousin), drugobratučed (sh) m (second cousin), drugobratučeda (sh) f (second cousin)
Seri: aacaz (son of a female's parent's younger sibling)
Slovak: bratranec (sk) m, sesternica (sk) f
Slovene: bratranec (sl) m, sestrična (sl) f
Spanish: primo (es) m, prima (es) f
Swahili: binamu (sw) (child of paternal uncle, i.e. patrilineal parallel cousin)
Swedish: kusin (sv) c
Tagalog: pinsan (tl)
Taos: kìłu’úna (younger), prìmu’úna (general), tų̀łu’úna (older)
Thai: ลูกพี่ลูกน้อง (th) (lôok pêe lôok nóng)
Turkish: amcaçocuğu (father's brother's child); amcaoğlu (father's brother's son); amcakızı (father's brother's daughter); teyzeçocuğu (mother's sister's child); teyzeoğlu (mother's sister's son); teyzekızı (mother's sister's daughter); halaçocuğu (father's sister's child); halaoğlu (father's sister's son); halakızı (father's sister's daughter); dayıçocuğu (mother's brother's child); dayıoğlu (mother's brother's son); dayıkızı (mother's brother's daughter)
Ukrainian: двоюрідний брат (uk) (dvojúridnyj brat) m , брат у перших (uk) (brat u péršyx) m , двоюрідна сестра (uk) (dvojúridna sestrá) f , кузен (uk) (kuzén) m , кузина (uk) (kuzína) f
Vietnamese: anh họ (vi) (older male); chị họ (vi) (older female); em họ (vi) (younger male or female)
Volapük: (♂♀) köst (vo), (♂) hiköst (vo), (♀) jiköst (vo), (diminutive, ♂♀) köstil (vo), (diminutive, ♂) hiköstil (vo), (diminutive, ♀) jiköstil (vo)
Welsh: (male) cefnder (cy), (female) cyfnither (cy)

any relation who is not a direct ancestor or descendant, and more distantly related than an aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, etc.

Finnish: pikkuserkku (fi); sukulainen (fi)
German: entfernter Verwandter (de) m, entfernte Verwandte (de) f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: рођак (sh) m, рођака (sh) f

Roman: rođak (sh) m, rođaka (sh) f

Swahili: binamu (sw)

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Catalan: parent llunyà m, parenta llunyana f
Greek: μακρινός ξάδελφος (makrinós ksádelfos) m, μακρινή ξαδέλφη (makriní ksadélfi) f
Ibaloi: kasing-sing
Indonesian: sepupu
Kapampangan: pisan
Romanian: văr m, verișoară f
Thai: ลูกพี่ลูกน้อง (lôok pêe lôok nóng)