cousin

US: /ˈkəzən/
UK: /kˈʌzən/


English Vietnamese dictionary


cousin /'kʌzn/
  • danh từ
    • anh (em họ); anh con bác, em con chú; anh (em) con cô con cậu; anh (em) con dì; anh cháu bác, em cháu chú
    • các hạ (tiếng vua xưng hô với nhau)
    • first cousin; cousin german
      • anh (chị) con bác, em con chú; anh (em) con cô con cậu ruột
    • first cousin once removed
      • cháu gọi bằng bác (chú, cô, dì)
    • first cousin twice removed
      • cháu gọi bằng ông bác (bà bác, ông chú, bà cô, bà dì)
    • second cousin
      • anh (chị) con bác, em con chú họ; anh (chị, em) con cô con cậu họ
    • second cousin once removed
      • cháu gọi bằng bác (chú, côm dì) họ
    • second cousin twice removed
      • cháu gọi bằng ông bác (bà bác, ông chú, bà cô, bà dì) họ
    • to call cousin with somebody
      • tự nhiên là có họ với ai

Advanced English dictionary


+ noun
1 (also first cousin) a child of your aunt or uncle: She's my cousin. + We're cousins.
See also - SECOND COUSIN, REMOVE
2 a person who is in your wider family but who is not closely related to you: He's a distant cousin of mine.
3 [usually pl.] a way of describing people from another country who are similar in some way to people in your own country: our American cousins

Collocation dictionary


ADJ.

first
(= the child of the brother or sister of one of your parents),
second
(= the child of a cousin of one of your parents)
| distant, remote | close
(figurative) These pigs are close cousins of the wild hog.
| female, male | long-lost
Completely out of the blue, she got a letter from her long-lost cousin in New York.

PHRASES

cousin once, twice, etc. removed
She's my first cousin once removed (= the daughter of my cousin).


Concise English dictionary


cousins'kʌzn
noun
+the child of your aunt or uncle