cousin

/ˈkʌzən/

nouncous · in

Think: a COUSIN is your “CUZ” in the family—COUSIN starts with COUS- and sounds like “cuz-in.”

Yes, it's cousin. Remember it’s COU- (not CU-) and it ends with -IN: cous + in.

Definitions

  1. nouna child of your aunt or uncle; a relative who is not your brother or sister but is in the same family generation
  2. nouna person related to you in a similar but more distant way (e.g., second cousin)

Examples

  • “My cousin is visiting for the weekend.”
  • “At the reunion, I met a cousin I hadn’t seen in years.”
  • “She and her cousin worked together on a science project.”

Synonyms

relativefamily memberkinkinsmankinswoman

Translations

ES primo/primaPT primo/primaFR cousin/cousine

Common misspellings

cuzincousencoosincouzincousin coussincousincousín

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