Phrase guide

fifth cousin

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of a number of people who have a common great-great-great-great-grandparent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Cebuano: ig-agaw igtagilma — fifth cousin
  • Finnish: viides serkku — fifth cousin
  • Ilocano: kapinlima — fifth cousin
  • Norwegian Bokmål: seksmenning — fifth cousin
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: seksmenning — fifth cousin
  • Russian: шестию́родный брат (šestijúrodnyj brat) — fifth cousin
  • Russian: шестию́родная сестра́ (šestijúrodnaja sestrá) — fifth cousin
  • Spanish: primo quinto — fifth cousin
  • Spanish: prima quinta — fifth cousin
  • Swedish: trassling — fifth cousin
  • Swedish: sexmänning — fifth cousin
  • Swedish: D-kusin — fifth cousin
  • Swedish: femtekusin (Norrland) — fifth cousin
  • Swedish: brylling — fifth cousin
  • Tagalog: pinsang makalima — fifth cousin
  • Welsh: gorchaw — fifth cousin
  • Welsh: pumed cefnder — fifth cousin
  • Welsh: pumed gyfnither — fifth cousin