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second cousin

sec·ond cous·in
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sek-uh nd kuhz-uh n]
    • /ˈsɛk ənd ˈkʌz ən/
    • /ˈsekənd ˈkʌzn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sek-uh nd kuhz-uh n]
    • /ˈsɛk ənd ˈkʌz ən/

Definitions of second cousin words

  • noun second cousin a child of a first cousin of one's parent. Compare cousin (def 1). 1
  • countable noun second cousin Your second cousins are the children of your parents' first cousins. Compare first cousin. 0
  • noun second cousin the child of a first cousin of either of one's parents 0
  • noun second cousin the child of one's parent's first cousin; also, in some social traditions, the first cousin of one's parent 0
See all 4 definitions of second cousin

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Origin of second cousin

First appearance:

before 1650
One of the 45% oldest English words
First recorded in 1650-60

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Parts of speech for Second cousin

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Second cousin

second cousin popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

second cousin usage trend in Literature

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