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Second Cousin

Definition: Second Cousin

Second Cousin

Noun

1. A child of a first cousin.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms within Context: Second Cousin

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Modern Usage: Second Cousin

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Once Removed Second Cousin (1994)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Second Cousin

DomainTitle

Books

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Second Cousin

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

second cousin

42

second cousin once removed

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Second Cousin

Language Translations for "second cousin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

agterniggie (grand-niece), agternig (grand-niece), agterneef (grand-nephew). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

kushëri i parë (first cousin, next of kin). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

втори братовчед. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

表侄 , 表姑 , 表" , (follow, from, lax, obey, observe, unhurried, yielding). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

achterneef (grand-nephew). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

prakuzo. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

pikkuserkku. (various references)

   

French

  

cousin issu de germain, arrière-cousine, arrière-cousin. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

efterneef (grand-nephew). (various references)

   

German

  

Vetter ersten-zweiten Grades, Geschwisterkind. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

másodfokú unokatestvér. (various references)

   

Italian

  

cugino di secondo grado. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

再"兄弟 , 又"兄弟 , 又"姉妹 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

またいと" (elder second cousin, younger second cousin), さいじゅうけいてい, ふたいと". (various references)

   

Manx

  

mac braar warree, mac braar shaner. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

econdsay ousincay

   

Portuguese

  

primo em segundo grau. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

vãr de-al doilea. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

троюродный (twice removed). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

rođak (cousin, kinsman, relation, relative). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

primo segundo. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

syssling. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kardeş torunu (a first cousin once removed, great-nephew, great-niece). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

cyfyrder. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Second Cousin

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-d-e-i-n-n-o-o-s-s-u"

-2 letters: concession, concussion.

-3 letters: concussed, conscious.

-4 letters: condones, conduces, conioses, idoneous, nonissue, uncoined, unsonsie.

-5 letters: cession, ciscoes, codeins, codices, concise, concuss, condoes, condone, conduce, conines, conoids, cosines, cousins, dunness, escudos, incudes, incused, incuses, induces, ionones, isodose, niduses, nonuses, nuncios, oscines, sconced, sconces, secondi, secondo, seconds, sonnies, undines, unisons.

 Words containing the letters "c-c-d-e-i-n-n-o-o-s-s-u"
 

+3 letters: deconstructions.

 

+5 letters: deconstructionist.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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