Meanings
nounfifth cousin (plural fifth cousins)
plural fifth cousins
- Any of a number of people who have a common great-great-great-great-grandparent.
Translations
Finnish viides serkku
- viides serkkufifth cousin
Norwegian Bokmål seksmenning
- seksmenningfifth cousin
Russian шестию́родный брат, шестию́родная сестра́
- шестию́родный брат (šestijúrodnyj brat)fifth cousin
- шестию́родная сестра́ (šestijúrodnaja sestrá)fifth cousin
Spanish primo quinto, prima quinta
- primo quintofifth cousin
- prima quintafifth cousin
Swedish trassling, sexmänning
- trasslingfifth cousin
- sexmänningfifth cousin
- D-kusinfifth cousin
- femtekusin (Norrland)fifth cousin
- bryllingfifth cousin
Tagalog pinsang makalima
- pinsang makalimafifth cousin
Welsh gorchaw, pumed cefnder
- gorchawfifth cousin
- pumed cefnderfifth cousin
- pumed gyfnitherfifth cousin
Cite this entry
APA
fifth cousin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fifth%20cousin
MLA
“fifth cousin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fifth%20cousin. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fifth cousin,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fifth%20cousin.
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