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Dictionary: kin·dred   (kĭn'drĭd) pronunciation
n.
  1. A group of related persons, as a clan or tribe.
  2. (used with a pl. verb) A person's relatives; kinfolk.
adj.
  1. Of the same ancestry or family: kindred clans.
  2. Having a similar or related origin, nature, or character: kindred emotions.

[Middle English kinrede, kindrede, from Late Old English cynrēde : cyn, kin + -rēde, condition (from Old English rǣden, -rǣden, condition).]

kindredness kin'dred·ness n.

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noun

  1. A group of people sharing common ancestry: clan, family, house, lineage, stock, tribe. Idioms: flesh and blood, kith and kin. See kin.
  2. One's relatives collectively: family, kin, kinfolk. See kin.

adjective

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

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adj

Definition: corresponding, matching
Antonyms: irrelevant, noncorresponding, unaffiliated, unrelated


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Kindred may refer to:

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People

Business

  • Kindred Healthcare, one of the largest post-acute healthcare providers, based in Louisville, Kentucky

Media

  • Kindred (comics), four-issue comic book mini-series published by Wildstorm in 1994
  • "Kindred" (Heroes), third episode of the second season of the NBC science fiction drama series
  • Kindred (novel), 1979 novel by Octavia Butler
  • Kindred of the Ebony Kingdom, source-book, alternative setting, and stand-alone pen-and-paper RPG designed for Vampire: The Masquerade, Vampire: The Dark Ages, and other games
  • Kindred: The Embraced, 1990s TV series loosely based on Vampire: The Masquerade
  • Kindred, race of demonic beastmen in the MMORPG, Final Fantasy XI, also known as "Demons"
  • Kindred, in the first season episode, "Gender Bender" of The X-Files, they are a group similar to the Amish

Music

Religion

  • Kindred (Asatru), local worship group in Ásatrú and some forms of Germanic neopaganism

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - slægt, familie, slægtninge, slægtskab
adj. - beslægtet, lignende

idioms:

  • kindred spirit    åndsbeslægtet, åndsfrænde

Nederlands (Dutch)
verwant(en), verwantschap

Français (French)
n. - parents, famille, parenté
adj. - apparenté, de la même famille, semblable, similaire, analogue

idioms:

  • kindred spirit    âme s¯ur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Verwandtschaft, Blutsverwandtschaft
adj. - verwandt, blutsverwandt

idioms:

  • kindred spirit    Gleichgesinnter, verwandte Seele

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συγγενολόι
n. pl. - συγγενείς
adj. - συγγενής/-ικός, ομοειδής, ομοιογενής, συναφής

idioms:

  • kindred spirit    αδελφή ψυχή

Italiano (Italian)
congiunto, affine

idioms:

  • kindred spirit    anima gemella

Português (Portuguese)
n. - parentesco (m), afinidade (f)
n. pl. - parentes (m pl)
adj. - aparentado, semelhante (fig.)

idioms:

  • kindred spirit    alma gêmea (f) (fig.)

Русский (Russian)
родственники, кровное родство, духовная близость

idioms:

  • kindred spirit    родная душа

Español (Spanish)
n. - parentesco, parentela, familia, casta, tribu
adj. - emparentado, afín, semejante, análogo

idioms:

  • kindred spirit    alma gemela

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - släktskap
n. pl. - släktingar
adj. - besläktad, liknande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
家族, 亲戚关系, 相似, 同族的, 血缘的, 同类的

idioms:

  • kindred spirit    志趣相投的人

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 家族, 親戚關係, 相似
adj. - 同族的, 血緣的, 同類的

idioms:

  • kindred spirit    志趣相投的人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 집안, 혈족, 동종
adj. - 동종의, 비슷한, 혈족의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 親類, 親族, 親類関係
adj. - 血縁の, 同類の

idioms:

  • kindred spirit    気の合う人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أقرباء المرء (الجمع) مجموعه من انسباء المرء, الأقارب (صفه) نسيب أو قريب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קירבת משפחה, קרובים‬
adj. - ‮קרוב, דומה, משותף-מקור‬


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