cousin

CEFRA1

/ˈkʌzn̩/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A child of your aunt or uncle.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; a kinsman or kinswoman.

Examples

  • During his stay in London, he is going to visit his cousin.

  • His wife's second cousin was a member of the Jewish ruling council.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈkʌz(ə)n/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Preceded by an ordinal number, as first, second, third, etc.: a person descended from a common ancestor by the same number of generations as another person.

  2. When used without a qualifying word: the child of a person's parent's brother (that is, an uncle) or sister (an aunt); a cousin-german, a first cousin.

  3. Used as a term of address for someone whom one is close to; also, (preceding a first name, sometimes capitalized as Cousin) a title for such a person.

More examples

In context

  • The girl rowing a boat is my cousin.

  • Although we were cousins, we grew up like sisters.

  • Hovv novv brother, vvhere is my coſen your ſonne, hath he prouided this muſique?

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

The noun is derived from Middle English cosin, cosine, cosyn (“blood relative, kinsman or kinswoman; any relative; nephew or niece; first cousin; grandson or granddaughter; descendant; godchild or godparent, or a relative of a godchild or godparent; (figurative) closely related or similar thing”) [and other forms], and then: * from Anglo-Norman cosen, cosin [and other forms], Middle French cosin, and Old French cosin (“collateral male relative more distant than one’s brother; form of address used by a monarch to male monarchs or nobles”) [and other forms] (modern French cousin); and * from Anglo-Norman cosine, Middle French cosine, and Old French cosine (“collateral female relative more dis...