kin adj : related by blood [syn: akin(p), blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineous, kin(p)]

1 a person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin"; "he's family" [syn: kinsperson, family]

2 group of people related by blood or marriage [syn: kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe]

English

Etymology

cynn, from *kunjan, from *gen- ‘produce’. Cognate with Dutch kunne; and (from Indo-European) with Greek γένος, Latin genus.

Pronunciation

• , /kɪn/, /kIn/

• Rhymes with: -ɪn

Noun

1. One or more relatives, such as siblings or cousins, taken collectively.

Anagrams

• ink

Derived terms

• akin
• kind
• kindred
• kinfolk
• kinship
• kinsman
• kinswoman
• next of kin

See also

• kith

Translations

Adjective

1. Related by blood or marriage, akin. Generally used in "kin to"

   It turns out my back-fence neighbor is kin to one of my co-workers.

Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

1. chin

Japanese

see kiin

Noun

1. gold; a piece of gold general in shogi
2. muscle

Kurdish

Adjective

1. short

Synonyms

• kurt
• qut
• quse

Navajo

Pronunciation

• [kxɪ̀n]

Noun

1. house

Kin can mean:

• Kinship
• Family
• Kin, a boys name
• Kin (service club)
• Kin, Okinawa, a town in Okinawa, Japan
• Kin (film), a 2000 UK/South Africa film directed by Elaine Proctor and starring Miranda Otto
• Kin (short story), a 2006 Hugo nominated science fiction short story by Bruce McAllister
• Tsuchi Kin, a character featued in Naruto, a famous Japanese anime.
• A fictional group of channeling women from Ebou Dar in Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time
• K'in In the Maya Calendar, is one day.
• Knowledge iN, an online information-sharing service from Naver, a Korean web portal
• KIN, a Norwegian metal band situated in Lillehammer.
• kiN, a Swedish female artist situated in Stockholm.
• Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, Jamaica (IATA Code KIN)

See also

• Kinh, the majority ethnic group of Vietnam
• Ken, as in perception, insight or knowledge.

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