Speakur

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cross-cousin marriage

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English

Syllables
cross--cous-in -mar-riage
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A marriage involving marrying the child of one's parent's opposite sex sibling.

Inflected Forms

cross-cousin marriages (plural)

Phrases

first cross-cousin parallel cousin second cross-cousin

Frequently Paired Words

first cross-cousin parallel cousin second cross-cousin

Questions

What does cross-cousin marriage mean?
A marriage involving marrying the child of one's parent's opposite sex sibling.

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