cousine

See also: Cousine and cousiné

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.zin/

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Noun

cousine f (plural cousines)

1. female equivalent of cousin (“cousin”)

   Ma cousine et son fils sont venus me voir.

   My cousin and her son came to see me.

Derived terms

• cousine germaine

Descendants

• → Danish: kusine
• → German: Cousine, Kusine
• → Norwegian Bokmål: kusine
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: kusine
• → Russian: кузи́на (kuzína)

Further reading

• “cousine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• couines

Middle English

Noun

cousine

1. alternative form of cosyn

Middle French

Noun

cousine f (plural cousines)

1. female cousin