cousin
∞
1.0
- noun
- /ˈkʌzən/
:
primo
- My cousin invited me to her birthday party this weekend.
- first cousin
- second cousin
- distant cousin
And my other our other cousin Bradley finds out.
- And my other our other cousin Bradley finds out.
- Kev Sabrovsky, he was a good friend's cousin and also a friend.
- Cbsi do prank call my cousin a lot, Joe.
- Finally, the the love, undying love of a cousin for his cousin.
- We stayed with our cousins, the weird ones.
- I had one friend and he was my cousin Tom.
- In fact, one of his his cousins was known as chemical Ali.
- So I think it was his wife and his cousin Hammy contacted me.
- He's got a cousin who's trying to take over.
- We actually met at my cousin's boyfriend's birthday party.
- And then I met Henzel, his cousin, and we became friends and.
- Call them your mom, your dad, your siblings, your cousins, aunts, uncles.
- First it was my family, sisters, cousins, parents, right.
- Is referring to their only son as a cousin in public.
Examples
-
Listen, I have some cousins in New Mexico, they'll give us a place to stay.
-
Charles Venner and his cousin are coming to help finish the garage.
-
Would you do a favor for a cousin and write about my project?
-
My cousin invited me out.
-
And yes, I know Diego is my cousin, but OK.
-
We stayed with our cousins, the weird ones.
-
The man spoke no English, but he had cousins in Oakland, California, near San Francisco.
Fiction book (1990) -
We actually met at my cousin's boyfriend's birthday party.
-
ROSE: Girl, I got 42 cousins on my mama's side alone.
-
Annabelle had never made the acquaintance of this cousin, but not for the want of trying.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
645
1.0
A person who is in your family by blood or marriage
76
1.2
A person who is connected to you by blood or marriage
17
1.0
A child of your aunt or uncle who shares a grandparent with you
9
3.0
A person in your family by birth, not by marriage or adoption
3
2.8
A person who comes from the same family as you by birth, not by marriage
1
4.6
Being related to someone by blood or marriage
A child of your aunt or uncle
A child of your aunt or uncle who shares both grandparents with you
Idioms
Compounds
21
2.8
A child of your parent's first cousin who shares your great-grandparents but not your grandparents
- Archaic
1
7.7
A distant relative or close family friend you are fond of, not a romantic partner
How Close
30
3.0
∞
1.0
253
1.0
- Specialized
5
4.8
645
1.0
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cousin comes from an old Latin word consobrinus, which meant a 'sister's child' or a close relative and later passed into French and English as the family word we use today. So a cousin today is the child of your aunt or uncle.