How do you pronounce “cousin”?

Family and friends · noun

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/ˈkʌz(ə)n/

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“cousin” is pronounced COU-sin: 2 syllables, with the stress on “cou”.

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. 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. 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.“Although we were cousins, we grew up like sisters.”
Verb: To address (someone) as " cousin ". To regard (oneself or someone) as a cousin to another person.

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