cousin

The son or daughter of a person’s uncle or aunt; a first cousin.
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.

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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.

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

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nephew or niece of a parent

Arabic:
- إبن عم (father’s brother's son)
- بنت عم (father’s brother's daughter)
- إبن عمة (father's sister’s son)
- بنت عمة (father's sister’s daughter)
- إبن خال (mother's brother’s son)
- بنت خال (mother's brother’s daughter)
- إبن خالة (mother's sister’s son)
- بنت خالة (mother's sister’s daughter)
Armenian: զարմիկ hy(hy) (zarmik) (male cousin), զարմուհի hy(hy) (zarmuhi) (female cousin)
Basque: lehengusu, lehengusin (female)
Bulgarian: братовчед bg(bg) m., братовчедка bg(bg) f.
Catalan: cosí m., cosina f.
Chinese:
- 堂兄 (tángxiōng), 堂哥 (tánggē) (father’s brother’s son older than oneself)
- 堂弟 (tángdì) (father’s brother’s son younger than oneself)
- 堂姊 (tángjiě) (father’s brother’s daughter older than oneself)
- 堂妹 (tángmèi) (father’s brother’s daughter younger than oneself)
- 表兄 (biǎoxiōng), 表哥 (biǎogē) (mother’s brother’s, or either parent’s sister’s, son older than oneself)
- 表弟 (biǎodì) (mother's brother's, or either parent's sister's, son younger than oneself)
- 表姊 (biǎojiě) (mother's brother's, or either parent's, sister's, daughter older than oneself)
- 表妹 (biǎomèi) (mother's brother's, or either parent's sister's, daughter younger than oneself)
Czech: bratranec cs(cs) m., sestřenice cs(cs) f.
Danish: fætter c. (male), kusine c. (female)
Dutch: neef (male cousin or nephew), nicht (female cousin or niece)
Esperanto: kuzo eo(eo)
Ewe:
- daa (older female cousin)
- fo (older male cousin)
- tsɛ (cousin younger than oneself)
Finnish: serkku fi(fi)
Flemish: kozijn m., oomzegger m.
French: cousin fr(fr) m., cousine fr(fr) f.
German: Cousin de(de) m. m., Vetter m.; Cousine f., Kusine f., Base f. (regional)
Greek: ξάδελφος (ksádelfos) m., ξαδέλφη (ksadélfi) f.
Hebrew: דּוֹדָן (dodan) m., דּוֹדָנִית (dodanyt) f.
- בן-דוד (ben-dod) m. - uncle's son
- בת-דוד (bat-dod) f. - uncle's daughter
- בן-דודה (ben-doda) m. - aunt's son
- בת-דודה (bat-doda) f. - aunt's daughter
Hungarian: unokatestvér hu(hu)
Icelandic: frændi m. (male cousin), frænka f. (female cousin)
Irish: col ceathrair ga(ga) m., col ceathar ga(ga) m.
Italian: cugino it(it) m., cugina it(it) f.
Japanese: いとこ ja(ja) (itoko), 従兄弟 (itoko, male cousin), 従姉妹 (itoko, female cousin)
Khmer: ជីដូនមួយ (jidōn mūay)
Korean: 사촌 (sa-chon)
Kurdish: ئامۆزا ku(ku) (amoza)
Latin:
- consobrinus (maternal male cousin)
- consobrina (maternal female cousin)
- patruelis (paternal cousin)
- frater patruelis (paternal male cousin)
- soror patruelis (paternal female cousin)

Macedonian: (male) братучед mk(mk) (brátučed) m., (female) братучедка mk(mk) (bratúčedka) f.
Norwegian: fetter no(no) m. (male), kusine no(no) f. (female), søskenbarn no(no) n. (both)
Persian:
- پسرعمو (pesar amoo) (male offspring of father’s brother)
- دختر عمو (doxtar amoo) (female offspring of father’s brother)
- پسرعمه (pesar amme) (male offspring of father’s sister)
- دختر عمه (doxtar amme) (female offspring of father’s sister)
- پسردایی (pesar da'i) (male offspring of mother’s brother)
- دختر دایی (doxtar da'i) (female offspring of mother’s brother)
- پسر خاله (pesar xale) (male offspring of mother’s sister)
- دختر خاله (doxtar xale) (female offspring of mother’s sister)
Polish: kuzyn pl(pl) m., kuzynka pl(pl) f.
Portuguese: primo pt(pt) m., prima pt(pt) f.
Russian:
- двоюродный брат ru(ru) (dvojúrodnyj brat) m. (first cousin)
- двоюродная сестра ru(ru) (dvojúrodnaja sestrá) f. (first cousin)
- кузен (kuzén) m. (any cousin)
- кузина (kuzína) f. (any cousin)
Scottish Gaelic: co-ogha m.
Serbian:
- bratučed (any cousin) m.
- bratučeda (any cousin) f.
- drugobratučed (second cousin) m.
- drugobratučeda (second cousin) f.
Seri: aacaz (son of a female's parent's younger sibling)
Slovak: bratanec m., sesternica f.
Slovene: bratranec sl(sl) m., sestrična sl(sl) f.
Spanish: primo es(es) m., prima es(es) f.
Swahili: binamu (child of paternal uncle, i.e. patrilineal parallel cousin)
Swedish: kusin sv(sv) c.
Tagalog: pinsan
Taos: kìłu’úna (younger), prìmu’úna (general), tų̀łu’úna (older)
Thai: ลูกพี่ลูกน้อง (lôok pêe lôok nóng)
Turkish:
- parallel cousins:
- 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)
- cross-cousins:
- 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)

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

Finnish: pikkuserkku fi(fi); sukulainen fi(fi)
Serbian: rođak sr(sr) m., rođaka sr(sr) f.

Swahili: binamu sw(sw)

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Basque: inuxente (figurative)
Catalan: parent llunyà m., parenta llunyana f.
German: entfernter Verwandter m., entfernte Verwandte f.
Greek: μακρινός ξάδελφος (makrinós ksádelfos) m., μακρινή ξαδέλφη (makriní ksadélfi) f.
Ibaloi: kasing-sing
Indonesian: sepupu
Kapampangan: pisan
Romanian: văr m., verişoară f.
Thai: ลูกพี่ลูกน้อง (lôok pêe lôok nóng)

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IPA: /ku.zɛ̃/, SAMPA: /ku.zE~/

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cousin m. (plural cousins)

cousin (male)

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cousine

cousin

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