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- Dictionarykin/kɪn/
noun
- 1. one's family and relations: "many elderly people have no kin to turn to for assistance"
adjective
- 1. (of a person) related: "he was kin to the brothers"
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(Definition of kin from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of kin? Translations of kin. in Chinese (Traditional) 家屬，親屬，親戚… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 家属，亲属，亲戚… See more. in Spanish. parientes, familiares, familia… See more.
The meaning of KIN is a group of persons of common ancestry : clan. How to use kin in a sentence.
a group of persons descended from a common ancestor or constituting a people, clan, tribe, or family. a relative or kinsman. someone or something of the same or similar kind: philosophy and its kin, theology.
6 meanings: 1. a person's relatives collectively; kindred 2. a class or group with similar characteristics 3. → See next of kin.... Click for more definitions.
1. a. (used with a pl. verb) One's relatives or family: visited my aunt and her kin. b. A relative or family member: Is she kin of yours? 2. (used with a pl. verb) Organisms that are genetically related to another or others: cauliflower and its kin. adj. 1. Related genetically or in the same family. 2.
When someone refers to their kith and kin, she means her friends and family. Both words date back to Old English, with kin reaching back to the 700s. Originally referring to one’s family or race, kin narrowed to refer just to one’s blood relations.
KIN definition: the members of your family. Learn more.
noun. One's family; relatives; kinfolk; kindred. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A relative or family member. American Heritage Medicine. Similar definitions. Organisms that are genetically related to another or others. Cauliflower and its kin. American Heritage Medicine.
Jun 2, 2024 · kin (third-person singular simple present kins, present participle kinning, simple past and past participle kinned) ( transitive, fandom slang) To identify with; as in spiritually connect to a fictional or non-fictional being.
adj. of the same family; related; akin. of the same kind or nature; having affinity. bef. 900; Middle English; Old English cyn; cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German kunni, Old Norse kyn, Gothic kuni; akin to Latin genus, Greek génos, Sanskrit jánas. See gender. kin′less, adj. -kin, a diminutive suffix of nouns: lambkin.
