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View usage for: (kɪn) 1. plural nounYour kin are your relatives. [dialect, or old-fashioned] She has gone to live with her husband's kin. Synonyms: family, people, relations, relatives More Synonyms of kin 2. See also kith and kin, next of kin (kɪn) noun1. a person's relatives collectively; kindred 2. a class or group with similar characteristics 3. next of kin adjective4. (postpositive) related by blood 5. a less common word for akin Word origin Old English cyn; related to Old Norse kyn family, Old High German kind child, Latin genus kind Word origin from Middle Dutch, of West Germanic origin; compare German -chen (kɪn) noun1. one's family; relatives; kinfolk; kindred adjective2. related, as by blood; kindred Word origin ME kyn < OE cynn, akin to Du kunne, Goth kuni, ON kyn < Gmc * kunja- < IE base * ĝen-, to produce: see genus (kɪn) little (specified person or thing) lambkin Word origin ME < MDu -ken, -kijn, dim. suffix, akin to Ger -chensuffixa diminutive suffix of nouns lambkin Word origin [ME ‹ MD, MLG -ken; c. G -chen]Examples of 'kin' in a sentencekin The emphasis is on the links between past and present and the ties of blood and kin.The theory of kin selection has been highly successful in explaining many features of animal behavior.These kin groups contain the same set of people from any ego's viewpoint.We would always be nicer to people who shared our genes so-called kin selection.My mother has inherited the photographs of her oldest friend who died aged 93 without any blood kin.Some societies do not restrict marital residence exclusively to either the wife's or husband's kin groups. British English: kin NOUN Your kin are your relatives. She has gone to live with her husband's kin. - American English: kin
- Brazilian Portuguese: parentes
- Chinese: 亲戚
- European Spanish: parientes
- French: famille
- German: Familie
- Italian: parenti
- Japanese: 血族
- Korean: 친족
- European Portuguese: parentes
- Latin American Spanish: parientes
Chinese translation of 'kin'Definition a person's relatives collectively I'm going to live with my husband's kin. Synonyms people relations relatives connections kinsmen kith kinsfolk ainga (New Zealand) rellies (Australian, slang) Additional synonymsDefinition a person's relatives collectively She has reconnected with her kindred. Synonyms family, relations, relatives, connections, flesh, kin, lineage, kinsmen, kinsfolk, ainga (New Zealand), rellies (Australian, slang) - killing
- killjoy
- kilter
- kin
- kind
- kind of
- kind-hearted
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