cousin in Malay
sepupu
UK/ˈkʌzn̩//ˈkʌz(ə)n/
cousin in Malay: sepupu. In English, cousin means chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; a kinsman or kinswoman.
Malay words for cousin
- child of a person’s parent’s brother or sister
- sepupu
English meaning of cousin
- noun Chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; a kinsman or kinswoman.
- noun Preceded by an ordinal number, as first, second, third, etc.: a person descended from a common ancestor by the same number of generations as another person.
- noun When used without a qualifying word: the child of a person's parent's brother (that is, an uncle) or sister (an aunt); a cousin-german, a first cousin.
- noun A person of an ethnicity or nationality regarded as closely related to someone of another ethnicity or nationality.
cousin in a sentence
- Although we were cousins, we grew up like sisters.
Synonyms of cousin
cousin in other languages
Questions about cousin in Malay
- What is the meaning of cousin in Malay?
- Cousin in Malay is sepupu.
- Apakah maksud cousin dalam bahasa Melayu?
- Cousin: sepupu.
- What does cousin mean in English?
- Cousin means chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; a kinsman or kinswoman.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cousin (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malay words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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