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10 Language-to-English Dictionariescugino alla lontana
Pronunciation / Transliteration: kuˈdʒiːno alla lonˈtaːna
"È un cugino alla lontana."
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A relative who is more than a first cousin, such as a second or third cousin, sharing a common ancestor further back in the family tree.
"She discovered she was a distant-cousin of the famous author through a shared great-great-grandfather."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'distant', derived from the Latin 'distans' (participle of 'distare', meaning to stand apart), with 'cousin', which entered Middle English from Old French 'cousin', ultimately originating from the Late Latin 'consobrinus'. The pairing reflects genealogical separation over multiple generations.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Distant-cousin" is said worldwide
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cousin éloigné
Transliteration: kou.zɛ̃ e.lwa.ɲe
"Il est un cousin éloigné de notre famille."
entfernter Verwandter
Transliteration: ɛntˈfɛʁntɐ fɛɐ̯ˈvantɐ
"Wir sind entfernte Verwandte."
cugino alla lontana
Transliteration: kuˈdʒiːno alla lonˈtaːna
"È un cugino alla lontana."
primo lejano
Transliteration: ˈpɾimo leˈxano
"Conocí a un primo lejano en la reunión."
primo distante
Transliteration: ˈpɾimu diˈstɐ̃tʃi
"Ele é um primo distante da minha mãe."
दूर का चचेरा भाई
Transliteration: door ka chachera bhai
"वह मेरा दूर का चचेरा भाई है।"
远亲
Transliteration: yuǎn qīn
"他们家和我们家是远亲。"
먼 친척
Transliteration: meon chincheok
"그는 나의 먼 친척이다."
遠い親戚
Transliteration: tooi shinseki
"彼は私の遠い親戚です。"
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