parallel cousin

English

Noun

parallel cousin (plural parallel cousins)

1. (anthropology) The child of one's father's brother or of one's mother's sister; a cousin related via same-gender siblings rather than opposite-gender ones (the latter being a cross-cousin).

Related terms

• cross-cousin

Translations

parallel cousin

Latin: patruelis (la) (literally “father's brother's child”), matruelis (la) (literally “mother's sister's child”) Swedish: farbrorsbarn (literally “father's brother's child”), mostersbarn (literally “mother's sister's child”), parallellkusin