cousins
The plural of "cousin" is cousins.
Most English nouns form the plural by adding -s, and cousin follows this rule.
Meaning: a child of your aunt or uncle (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
Use a plural verb with cousins: the cousins are. The possessive plural adds only an apostrophe: cousins'.
How do you pronounce it?
cousin is pronounced /ˈkʌzn̩/. The plural ending sounds like /z/.
What mistakes should you avoid?
Do not use an apostrophe to make a plural. cousins means more than one, while an apostrophe shows that something belongs to someone.
Did you know?
- The -s plural goes back to the Old English ending -as, which belonged to only one group of nouns, as in stānas, "stones". By the end of the Middle Ages it had spread to almost every noun.
Examples in context
- I have twelve cousins.Singular: I have one cousin.
- My cousins live in Canada.Singular: My cousin lives in Canada.
