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English
Noun
second cousin (plural second cousins)
- A grandchild of a grandparent's sibling.
- A relative who has with the other person only two great-grandparents in common, but where the parents and grandparents are different.
Usage notes
- Starting with two second cousins (two persons with a common great-grandparent), the relationship between one of those persons and the offspring of the other is second cousin once removed. The relationship between one of those persons and the grandchild of the other is second cousin twice removed.
Coordinate terms
Translations
grandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
- Chechen: маьхча (mäxča)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 遠房堂兄弟/远房堂兄弟 (yuǎnfáng tángxiōngdì), 遠房堂姐妹/远房堂姐妹 (yuǎnfáng tángjiěmèi), 遠房表兄弟/远房表兄弟 (yuǎnfáng biǎoxiōngdì), 遠房表姐妹/远房表姐妹 (yuǎnfáng biǎojiěmèi)
- Czech: vlastník (cs) m, vlastnice f
- Dutch: achterneef (nl) m, achternicht (nl) f
- Esperanto: duaranga kuzo
- Faroese: trímenningur m
- Finnish: pikkuserkku (fi)
- French: cousin issu de germain (fr) m, cousine issue de germain (fr) f
- Ilocano: kapidua
- Irish: col seisir m
- Italian: cugino di secondo grado
- Japanese: またいとこ (ja) (mataitoko), はとこ (ja) (hatoko)
- Khmer: ជីទួតមួយ (chii tuət muə yɔɔ)
- Kumyk: къариян (qariyan)
- Lithuanian: antros eilės pusbrolis m, antros eilės pusseserė f
- Malay: dua pupu
- Norman: couôsîn r'mué m
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: tremenning m, nestsøskenbarn n
- Nynorsk: tremenning m
- Old Norse: þrímenningr m
- Polish: kuzyn w drugiej linii m, kuzynka w drugiej linii f
- Portuguese: primo de segundo grau m, prima de segundo grau f
- Russian: трою́родный брат (ru) m (trojúrodnyj brat), трою́родная сестра́ (ru) f (trojúrodnaja sestrá)
- Sardinian: germanu, ghermanu, grammanu, zermanu
- Scottish Gaelic: iar-ogha sinn-seanar m
- Spanish: primo segundo m, prima segunda f
- Swedish: syssling (sv) c (standard), tremänning (sv) c (dated), A-kusin c (Gotland), andrakusin c (Norrland), småkusin (sv) c (Finland), nästkusin c (south Sweden)
- Tagalog: pinsang makalawa
- Welsh: cyfyrder m, cyfyrderes f, ail gefnder m, ail gyfnither f
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