Meanings
nounsecond cousin (plural second cousins)
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.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 遠房堂兄弟 /远房堂兄弟, 遠房堂姐妹 /远房堂姐妹
- 遠房堂兄弟 /远房堂兄弟 (yuǎnfáng tángxiōngdì)grandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
- 遠房堂姐妹 /远房堂姐妹 (yuǎnfáng tángjiěmèi)grandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
- 遠房表兄弟 /远房表兄弟 (yuǎnfáng biǎoxiōngdì)grandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
- 遠房表姐妹 /远房表姐妹 (yuǎnfáng biǎojiěmèi)grandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
Czech vlastník, vlastnice
- vlastníkgrandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
- vlastnicegrandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
Dutch achterneef, achternicht
- achterneefgrandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
- achternichtgrandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
Esperanto duaranga kuzo
- duaranga kuzograndnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
Finnish pikkuserkku
- pikkuserkkugrandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
French cousin issu de germain, cousine issue de germain
- cousin issu de germaingrandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
- cousine issue de germaingrandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
Irish col seisir
- col seisirgrandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
Italian cugino di terzo grado
- cugino di terzo gradograndnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
Japanese またいとこ, はとこ
- またいとこ (mataitoko)grandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
- はとこ (hatoko)grandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
Korean 육촌, 재종형제
- 육촌 (yukchon)grandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
- 재종형제 (jaejonghyeongje)grandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
Lithuanian antros eilės pusbrolis, antros eilės pusseserė
- antros eilės pusbrolisgrandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
- antros eilės pusseserėgrandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
Malay dua pupu
- dua pupugrandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
Norwegian Bokmål tremenning, nestsøskenbarn
- tremenninggrandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
- nestsøskenbarngrandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
Polish kuzyn w drugiej linii, kuzynka w drugiej linii
- kuzyn w drugiej liniigrandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
- kuzynka w drugiej liniigrandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
Portuguese primo de segundo grau, prima de segundo grau
- primo de segundo graugrandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
- prima de segundo graugrandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
Russian трою́родный брат, трою́родная сестра́
- трою́родный брат (trojúrodnyj brat)grandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
- трою́родная сестра́ (trojúrodnaja sestrá)grandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
Scottish Gaelic iar-ogha sinn-seanar
- iar-ogha sinn-seanargrandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
Spanish primo segundo, prima segunda
- primo segundograndnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
- prima segundagrandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
Swedish syssling, tremänning
- sysslinggrandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
- tremänninggrandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
- A-kusingrandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
- andrakusin (Norrland)grandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
- småkusingrandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
- nästkusingrandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
Tagalog pinsang makalawa
- pinsang makalawagrandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
Ukrainian трою́рідна сестра́, трою́рідний брат
- трою́рідна сестра́ (trojúridna sestrá)grandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
- трою́рідний брат (trojúridnyj brat)grandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
Welsh cyfyrder, cyfyrderes
- cyfyrdergrandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
- cyfyrderesgrandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
- ail gefndergrandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
- ail gyfnithergrandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent
Cite this entry
APA
second cousin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/second%20cousin
MLA
“second cousin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/second%20cousin. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “second cousin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/second%20cousin.
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