Meanings
nounkinship (countable and uncountable, plural kinships)
plural kinships
- countableuncountableRelation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption.
- countableuncountableRelation 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".
1951 November, David R. Webb, “The Drummond 4-4-0 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 774
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character
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noun(anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
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family relationshiprelationship
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Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek συγγένειᾰ
- συγγένειᾰ (sungéneiă)relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
Arabic قَرَابَة
- قَرَابَة (qarāba)relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
Bulgarian ро́дство, родни́нство
- ро́дство (ródstvo)relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
- родни́нство (rodnínstvo)relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
- бли́зост (blízost)relation or connection by nature or character
- при́лика (prílika)relation or connection by nature or character
Chinese Mandarin 親屬關係 /亲属关系, 血緣 /血缘
- 親屬關係 /亲属关系 (qīnshǔ guānxì)relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
- 血緣 /血缘 (xuèyuán)relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
- 親屬 /亲属 (qīnshǔ)relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
- 天然聯繫 /天然联系 (tiānrán liánxì)relation or connection by nature or character
Czech příbuznost, příbuzenství
- příbuznostrelation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
- příbuzenstvírelation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
- příbuznostrelation or connection by nature or character
Danish slægtskab, slægt
- slægtskabrelation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
- slægtrelation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
Dutch verwantschap
- verwantschaprelation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
Esperanto parenceco
- parencecorelation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
Estonian sugulus
- sugulusrelation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
Finnish sukulaisuus, sukulaisuussuhde
- sukulaisuusrelation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
- sukulaisuussuhderelation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
- yhteisyysrelation or connection by nature or character
- sielunveljeysrelation or connection by nature or character
French parenté, parenté
- parentérelation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
- parentérelation or connection by nature or character
German Verwandtschaft, Verwandtschaftsbeziehung
- Verwandtschaftrelation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
- Verwandtschaftsbeziehungrelation or connection by nature or character
- Verwandtschaftrelation or connection by nature or character
Greek συγγένεια
- συγγένεια (syngéneia)relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
Hungarian rokonság
- rokonságrelation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
Indonesian kerabat, kekerabatan
- kerabatrelation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
- kekerabatanrelation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
- persanakanrelation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
Italian parentela, parentela
- parentelarelation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
- parentelarelation or connection by nature or character
Japanese 血族関係, 血縁
- 血族関係 (ketsuzoku kankei)relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
- 血縁relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
- 親族 (shinzoku)relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
Korean 친족 관계, 혈연
- 친족 관계 (chinjok gwan'gye)relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
- 혈연 (hyeoryeon)relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
- 친족 (chinjok)relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
Malay kerabat, kekerabatan
- kerabatrelation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
- kekerabatanrelation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
Māori whanaungatanga
- whanaungatangarelation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
Norwegian Bokmål slekt
- slektrelation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
Persian خویشاوندی, خویشاوندان
- خویشاوندی (xišâvandi)relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
- خویشاوندان (xišâvandân)relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
Polish pokrewieństwo
- pokrewieństworelation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
Portuguese parentesco, parentesco
- parentescorelation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
- parentescorelation or connection by nature or character
Romanian înrudire, rudenie
- înrudirerelation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
- rudenierelation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
Russian родство́, схо́дство
- родство́ (rodstvó)relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
- схо́дство (sxódstvo)relation or connection by nature or character
- бли́зость (blízostʹ)relation or connection by nature or character
- подо́бие (podóbije)relation or connection by nature or character
Scottish Gaelic càirdeas
- càirdeasrelation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
Slovak príbuzenstvo
- príbuzenstvorelation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
Spanish parentesco
- parentescorelation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
Swedish släkt
- släktrelation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
Turkish akrabalık
- akrabalıkrelation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
Ukrainian спорі́днення, спорі́дненість
- спорі́днення (sporídnennja)relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
- спорі́дненість (sporídnenistʹ)relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
- бли́зкість (blýzkistʹ)relation or connection by nature or character
- поді́бність (podíbnistʹ)relation or connection by nature or character
Welsh ach, ach
- achrelation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
- achrelation or connection by nature or character
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Cite this entry
APA
kinship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kinship
MLA
“kinship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kinship. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kinship,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kinship.
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