consanguine

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adjective

Related by birth or "by blood", i.e. having close ancestors in common.

Similar
consanguineousakincognateconsanguinealnaturalsame-bloodedblood-relatedkin
Opposite
affinalunrelated
OriginFrench consanguin ← Latin cōnsanguineu ← Proto-Italic *sangwens →
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Meanings

adjectiveconsanguine (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRelated by birth or "by blood", i.e. having close ancestors in common.

    Pitty away, hence thou conſanguine loue, / Maternall zeale, peccentall piety.

    1613, Thomas Heywood, The Brazen Age, […], London: […] Nicholas Okes, […], →OCLC, Act II, signature E2, recto

    Synonyms: consanguineous, akin, cognate, consanguineous, consanguineal, natural, same-blooded · Antonyms: affinal

nounconsanguine (plural consanguines)

plural consanguines

  1. A person related to another by birth.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveRelated by birth or "by blood", i.e. having close ancestors in common.

Similar
consanguineousakincognateconsanguineousconsanguinealnaturalsame-blooded
Opposite
affinal
Opposite
unrelated

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiverelated by blood

Similar
akinblood-relatedcognateconsanguineousconsanguinealkinrelated
Also see
akincognateconsanguinealconsanguineouskinnatural

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ésh₂r̥
  7. Proto-Italic*sangwens
  8. Latinsanguis
  9. Latincōnsanguineu
  10. Frenchconsanguin
  11. Englishconsanguine

Borrowed from French consanguin. Doublet of consanguineous.

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APA

consanguine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consanguine

MLA

“consanguine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consanguine. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “consanguine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consanguine.

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