Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

first cousin

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English

Syllables
first -cousin
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A child of a parent's sibling; a nephew or niece of a parent; a child of one's uncle or aunt.

noun

A relative who has with the other person only two grandparents or one grandparent (maternal or paternal) in common, but parents are different.

noun

Anything closely related.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

first cousins (plural)

Phrases

double first cousin half-first cousin

Synonyms

cousin cousin-german full cousin

Questions

What does first cousin mean?
A child of a parent's sibling; a nephew or niece of a parent; a child of one's uncle or aunt.

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