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kin

  (kĭn) pronunciation
n.
  1. (used with a pl. verb) One's relatives; family; kinfolk.
  2. A kinsman or kinswoman.
adj.

Related; akin.

[Middle English, from Old English cyn.]


 
 

noun

  1. One's relatives collectively: family, kindred, kinfolk. See kin.
  2. A person connected to another person by blood or marriage: kinsman, kinswoman, relation, relative. See kin.

 

[Ge]

A period of time in the Maya long count equal to a single day.

 
This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

Relation by blood or consanguinity; relatives by birth.

The term kin is ordinarily applied to relationships through ties of blood; however, it is sometimes used generally to include family relationships by affinity.

Kindred is a synonym for kin.

 
pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Relatives.

pronunciation So that they will respect the land, tell your children that the earth is rich with the lives of our kin. — zaadz.com.

 
Translations: Translations for: Kin

Dansk (Danish)
n. - slægtning
adj. - familie-

Nederlands (Dutch)
verwant(en)

Français (French)
n. - parents, famille
adj. - apparenté

Deutsch (German)
n. - Verwandtschaft, Familie
adj. - verwandt

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συγγενολόι, φάρα, συγγενής
n. pl. - συγγενείς
adj. - συγγενής/-ικός

Italiano (Italian)
consanguineo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - parente (m), consangüinidade (f)
n. pl. - família (f)

Русский (Russian)
родня, кровное родство, происхождение

Español (Spanish)
n. - parientes, familia, clan
adj. - pariente, allegado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - släktskap, familj
n. pl. - släkt(ingar)
adj. - släkt, besläktad

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
亲戚, 血缘关系, 同族, 有亲属关系的, 同类的, 性质类似的

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 親戚, 血緣關係, 同族
adj. - 有親屬關係的, 同類的, 性質類似的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 친척, 일가, 혈통
adj. - 친척인, 동류인

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 親族, 親類, 似たような人びと, 同類, カイン
adj. - 血族で, 同質で

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عشيره أو أنسباء المرء, نسيب أو قريب (الجمع) أنسباء المرء (صفه) نسيب أو قريب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קרוב-משפחה, קרובים, משפחה‬
adj. - ‮קרוב ל- (מבחינה משפחתית)‬


 
 

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