cousin

Meaning

cousin (male)

Concepts

cousin

crane fly

daddy longlegs

gnat

cross-cousin

mosquito

cranefly

mosquito hawk

parallel cousin

cousin-german

first cousin

gallinipper

jimmy spinner

mosquito eater

skeeter eater

nark

dog

male cousin

full cousin

skeeter

gollywhopper

relative

boy-cousin

cous

cousins

uncle

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ku.zɛ̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French cousin, from Old French cosin (“collateral male relative more distant than one’s brother; form of address used by a monarch to male monarchs or nobles”) [and other forms] , from Latin cōnsōbrīnus (“maternal cousin; first cousin; relation”) (possibly through Vulgar Latin *cōsuīnus, from *cōsōbīnus), from con- (prefix denoting a bringing together of several objects) + sobrīnus (“maternal cousin; sister’s son; any nephew”) (from a noun use of Proto-Italic *swezrīnos (“of or belonging to a sister”, adjective) (with the first syllable influenced by Latin soror (“sister”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (“sister”), possibly from *swé (“self”) + *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”) (that is, a woman of one’s own blood) or *-sōr (feminine suffix)).

Sentences

Elle s'installe alors chez son cousin , mais sème bientôt le désordre autour d'elle...

She then moved in with her cousin, but soon created a mess around her...