cousine
French, noun
cousine is spelled C-O-U-S-I-N-E (7 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written French, the 7,166th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cousine is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of cousin (“cousin”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, cousiné is a different word: “past participle of cousiner”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fille de l’oncle ou de la tante d’une personne”.
What does cousine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of cousin (“cousin”)
Ma cousine et son fils sont venus me voir.
verb
- 1
past participle of cousiner
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fille de l’oncle ou de la tante d’une personne.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cousine
- cousines plural
- cousinée feminine
- cousinés masculine plural
- cousinées feminine plural
- cousin masculine
- cousaine neuter
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cousine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cousine in French?
cousine appears 9.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).