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Definition: First Cousin |
First CousinNoun1. The child of your aunt or uncle. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: First CousinSynonyms: cousin (n), cousin-german (n), full cousin (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Consanguinity | Kinsman, kinfolk; kith and kin; relation, relative; connection; sibling, sib; next of kin; uncle, aunt, nephew, niece; cousin, cousin-german; first cousin, second cousin; cousin once removed, cousin twice; removed; near relation, distant relation; brother, sister, one's own flesh and blood. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: First Cousin |
| English words defined with "first cousin": second cousin. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "first cousin": Malambruno. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | For example, one first cousin may have lupus, another may have dermatomyositis, and one of their mothers may have rheumatoid arthritis. (references) | |
Economic History | Marshall Islands | Amata Kabua was elected as the first president of the republic in 1979. Subsequently, he was re-elected to 4-year terms in 1983, 1987, 1991, and 1996. After Amata Kabua's death in office, his first cousin, Imata Kabua, won a special election in 1997. The current president was elected in the general elections of November 1999 and took office in January 2000. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "first cousin": a first cousin once removed ♦ first cousin once removed. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
first cousin marriage | 21 |
first cousin once removed | 13 |
first cousin | 10 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "first cousin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kushëri i parë (next of kin, second cousin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | първи братовчед. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | bratranec (cousin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | elsőfokú unokatestvér (cousin german, full cousin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | misan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | 'neen vraar mayrey, 'neen vraar ayrey, mac braar mayrey, mac braar ayrey. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | irstfay ousincay primo (cousin). (various references) vãr primar (cousin german). (various references) двоюродный брат (cousin, first-cousin). (various references) najbliži rod. (various references) kusin (cousin). (various references) teyze çocuğu (cousin, cousin german), kuzen (cousin, cousin german), amca çocuğu (cousin german, paternal cousin). (various references) cefnder. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | consobrini, consobrino, consobrinus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-f-i-i-n-o-r-s-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: frictions, fruitions, fusionist. | |
-3 letters: cistrons, fictions, friction, fruition, functors, incisors, incrusts, ironists, ructions, suctions. | |
-4 letters: cistron, citrins, citrons, citrous, confits, consist, cortins, cousins, fiction, fission, forints, frisson, functor, fusions, fustics, incisor, incross, incrust, ironist, nitrous, noritic, ossific, outsins, ricinus, ruction, rustics, soritic, suction, suitors, tocsins, tsouris, uncross. | |
-5 letters: cistus, citrin, citron, citrus, coitus, confit. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-f-i-i-n-o-r-s-s-t-u" | |
+4 letters: anfractuosities, superinfections. | |
+5 letters: unsatisfactorily. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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