Cousin definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

cousin in American English · 1. Also called: first cousin, full cousin, cousin-german · 2. one related by descent in a diverging line from a known common ancestor ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Video LearnEnglish Videopronunciations Buildyourvocabulary Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'cousin'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× cousin (kʌzən ) Wordforms:pluralcousins 1. countablenoun[oftwithposs] Yourcousinisthechildofyouruncleoraunt. MycousinMarkhelpedme. Wearecousins. 2. Seealsocountrycousin,secondcousin 3. countablenoun Ifyourefertotwothingsorgroupsofpeopleascousins,youmeanthattheyareequivalentsorthatthereisaconnectionbetweenthem. WhereasWestGermansdrinkwine,theirEasterncousinspreferSchnapps. TheaverageEuropeankitchenissmallerthanitsAmericancousin. ...misanthropyanditscousinracism. 4. Seealsocountrycousin COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof cousin Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'cousin' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'Yorkshirepudding' HindiTranslationof'cousin' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency cousininBritishEnglish (ˈkʌzən ) noun1. Alsocalled:firstcousin,cousin-german,fullcousin thechildofone'sauntoruncle 2. arelativewhohasdescendedfromoneofone'scommonancestors.Aperson'ssecondcousinisthechildofoneofhisorherparents'firstcousins.Aperson'sthirdcousinisthechildofoneofhisorherparents'secondcousins.Afirstcousinonceremoved(orlooselysecondcousin)isthechildofone'sfirstcousin 3. amemberofagrouprelatedbyrace,ancestry,interests,etc ourAustraliancousins 4. atitleusedbyasovereignwhenaddressinganothersovereignoranobleman CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Derivedformscousinhood(ˈcousinˌhood)orcousinship(ˈcousinˌship)noun cousinly(ˈcousinly)adjective,adverb WordoriginC13:fromOldFrenchcosin,fromLatinconsōbrīnuscousin,fromsōbrīnuscousinonthemother'sside;relatedtosororsister WordFrequency CousininBritishEnglish (Frenchkuzɛ̃ ) noun Victor(viktɔr ).1792–1867,Frenchphilosopherandeducationalreformer CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers WordFrequency cousininAmericanEnglish (ˈkʌzən ) noun1. Obsolete acollateralrelativemoredistantthanabrotherorsister,descendedfromacommonancestor 2.  thesonordaughterofone'suncleoraunt alsocalledfirstcousin,fullcousin,orcousin-german:one'ssecondcousinisachildofone'sparent'sfirstcousin;one'sfirstcousinonceremovedisachildofone'sfirstcousin(or,conversely,afirstcousinofone'sparent) 3. Loosely anyrelativebybloodormarriage 4.  apersonorthingthoughtofassomehowrelatedtoanother ourMexicancousins 5.  atitleofaddressusedbyonesovereigntoanothersovereignortoanobleman Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. Derivedformscousinly(ˈcousinly) adjective,adverb cousinship(ˈcousinˌship) noun WordoriginMEcosin