cousin
Chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation who is not a direct ancestor or…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.
» My cousin is having a baby next month.
Meine Cousine bekommt nächsten Monat ein Baby.
Моя двоюродная сестра родит в следующем месяце.
Моя двоюрідна сестра народжує наступного місяця.
Meaning
10 sensesChiefly 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.
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.
(specifically)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.
(specifically)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.
Although we were cousins, we grew up like sisters.
the child of your aunt or uncle
(in the plural)A person of an ethnicity or nationality regarded as closely related to someone of another ethnicity or nationality.
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.
Used by a monarch to address another monarch, or a noble; specifically (UK) in commissions and writs by the Crown: used in this way to address a viscount or another peer of higher rank.
(also, attributive, figuratively)Something kindred or related to something else; a relative.
(obsolete)A female sexual partner who is not a person's wife; specifically, a prostitute.
(obsolete)A person who is swindled; a dupe.
(obsolete, rare)A person who womanizes; a seducer, a womanizer.
Examples
685 sentencesMy cousin is having a baby next month.
Моя двоюрідна сестра народжує наступного місяця.
ruМоя двоюродная сестра родит в следующем месяце.
deMeine Cousine bekommt nächsten Monat ein Baby.
To tell the truth, she is my cousin.
Щиро кажучи, вона моя кузина.
ruПо правде говоря, она моя двоюродная сестра.
My cousin is a little older than I am.
Мій двоюрідний брат трохи старший, ніж я.
ruМой двоюродный брат немного старше меня.
deMein Cousin ist etwas älter als ich es bin.
I have to go to the airport to meet my cousin.
Маю їхати в аеропорт зустрічати мого двоюрідного брата.
ruМне нужно в аэропорт, чтобы встретить кузена.
deIch muss zum Flughafen fahren, um meinen Cousin zu treffen.
Tom has a sister named Mary and also a cousin named Mary.
У Тома є сестра на ім'я Мері, а ще двоюрідна сестра на ім'я Мері.
Translations
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Origin
The noun is derived from Middle English cosin, cosine, cosyn (“blood relative, kinsman orThe 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:
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Forms
plural: cousinsSynonyms
33 synonymsWord family
29 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Family and people — Because the lesson uses it
Collocations
12 patterns- of my cousins
- have a cousin
- is my cousin
- was your cousin
- my cousin is
- cousins live in
- second cousins
- a cousin who
- my cousins live
- cousin not her
- have three cousins
- of your cousins