Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cousinage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cousi-nage
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

relationship; kinship

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

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Etymology

From Middle English cosynage, from Old French cosinage. Compare cosinage, cozenage. By surface analysis, cousin + -age.

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What does cousinage mean?
relationship; kinship
Where does cousinage come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce cousinage

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