kinship

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kinship

  • /ˈkɪnʃɪp/ US

noun kinships

  1. countable, uncountable Relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption.
  2. countable, uncountable Relation or connection by nature or character. The first of these were the ten engines of class "C8", Nos.290-299, which had a very strong kinship to the C.R. "Carbrooks".

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Closest in meaning: affinity, relationship, family relationship, consanguinity, kin, relatedness, agnation, parenthood, familial, family, sisterhood, parentage, brotherhood, parenting, fraternity, belonging

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noun relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption

Españolparentesco
한국어친족 관계 chinjok gwan'gye, 혈연 hyeoryeon, 친족 chinjok
日本語血族関係 ketsuzoku kankei, 血縁, 親族 shinzoku
中文親屬關係 /亲属关系 qīnshǔ guānxì, 血緣 /血缘 xuèyuán, 親屬 /亲属 qīnshǔ
Portuguêsparentesco
Françaisparenté
DeutschVerwandtschaft
Italianoparentela
Ελληνικάσυγγένεια syngéneia
Românăînrudire, rudenie
Русскийродство́ rodstvó
العربيةقَرَابَة qarāba

noun relation or connection by nature or character

中文天然聯繫 /天然联系 tiānrán liánxì
Portuguêsparentesco
Françaisparenté
DeutschVerwandtschaftsbeziehung, Verwandtschaft
Italianoparentela
Русскийсхо́дство sxódstvo, бли́зость blízostʹ, подо́бие podóbije

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@misc{kinship_2026,
  title = {kinship},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kinship},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}