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Dictionary: a·kin   (ə-kĭn') pronunciation
 
adj.
  1. Of the same kin; related by blood.
  2. Having a similar quality or character; analogous.
  3. Linguistics. Sharing a common origin or an ancestral form.

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Thesaurus: akin
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adjective

    Connected by or as if by kinship or common origin: agnate, allied, cognate, connate, connatural, consanguine, consanguineous, kindred, related. See kin.

 
Antonyms: akin
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adj

Definition: related or connected (in some way)
Antonyms: alien, disconnected, unconnected, unrelated


 
Wikipedia: Akin
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Look up akin in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Akin is a surname, and may refer to:

The word Akin means "Strong/Brave one" in Yoruba.

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Translations: Akin
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - beslægtet, blodsbeslægtet

Nederlands (Dutch)
verwant

Français (French)
adj. - semblable, similaire, apparenté

Deutsch (German)
adj. - verwandt, gleichartig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - συγγενής, συναφής, (παρ)όμοιος, ανάλογος

Italiano (Italian)
consanguineo, affine

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - consangüíneo, aparentado, semelhante

Русский (Russian)
родственный, близкий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - consanguíneo, semejante, similar

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - släkt, besläktad med

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
血族的, 同种的, 同族的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 血族的, 同種的, 同族的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 혈족의, 유사한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 血族の, 同族の, 類似して, 同種の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) قريب, نسيب, مجانس, مماثل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮קרוב-משפחה, דומה‬


 
 
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