cousin germain
\ku.zɛ̃ ʒɛʁ.mɛ̃\
The verdict
“cousin germain” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fils de l’oncle ou de la tante d’une personne, par rapport à cette personne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cousin-germain · cousin germain · French
cousin germain · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cousin germain |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku.zɛ̃ ʒɛʁ.mɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cousin germain » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cousin germain is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku.zɛ̃ ʒɛʁ.mɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fils de l’oncle ou de la tante d’une personne, par rapport à cette personne.".
cousin germain has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cousin germain, spelled C-O-U-S-I-N- -G-E-R-M-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1Fils de l’oncle ou de la tante d’une personne, par rapport à cette personne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cousin germain appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Leur fils Henri Ernest épousa, le 22 août 1883, son arrière-petite-cousine, Adèle Toulemonde-Dazin, Henri comme sa petite-cousine - devenue sa belle-mère ! - étaient tous deux issus de mariages entre cousins germains.
Le cousin germain est, à l’égard du cousin germain, au quatrième degré ; l’enfant du cousin germain, ou petit-cousin germain, au cinquième degré ; l’enfant du petit cousin germain, ou arrière-cousin germain, au sixième degré, et ainsi de suite.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.