Phrase guide

fourth 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-grandparent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: neljäs serkku — fourth cousin
  • Finnish: pyslinki — fourth cousin
  • French: cousine quatriéme — fourth cousin
  • French: cousin quatriéme — fourth cousin
  • Ilocano: kapimpat — fourth cousin
  • Japanese: 4番目のいとこ (4-banme no itoko) — fourth cousin
  • Lithuanian: ketvirtos eilės pusbrolis — fourth cousin
  • Lithuanian: ketvirtos eilės pusseserė — fourth cousin
  • Norwegian Bokmål: femmenning — fourth cousin
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: femmenning — fourth cousin
  • Russian: пятию́родный брат (pjatijúrodnyj brat) — fourth cousin
  • Russian: пятию́родная сестра́ (pjatijúrodnaja sestrá) — fourth cousin
  • Scottish Gaelic: glas-ogha sinn-seachad-sinn-seanair — fourth cousin
  • Spanish: primo cuarto — fourth cousin
  • Spanish: prima cuarta — fourth cousin
  • Swedish: pyssling — fourth cousin
  • Swedish: femmänning — fourth cousin
  • Swedish: C-kusin — fourth cousin
  • Swedish: fjärdekusin (Norrland) — fourth cousin
  • Tagalog: pinsang makaapat — fourth cousin
  • Welsh: gorchaifn — fourth cousin
  • Welsh: pedwerydd cefnder — fourth cousin
  • Welsh: pedwaredd gyfnither — fourth cousin