KIN

cognate, blood-related, akin(p), consanguine, consanguineous, consanguineal, kin

(adjective) related by blood

kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe

(noun) group of people related by blood or marriage

kin, kinsperson, family

(noun) a person having kinship with another or others; “he’s kin”; “he’s family”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Kin

Kinshasa

Anagrams

• -nik, Nik, ink

Etymology 1

Noun

kin (countable and uncountable, plural kin)

Race; family; breed; kind.

(collectively) Persons of the same race or family; kindred.

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

Relationship; same-bloodedness or affinity; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.

Kind; sort; manner; way.

Adjective

kin (not comparable)

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

Etymology 2

Noun

kin (plural kins)

A primitive Chinese musical instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings.

Etymology 3

Noun

kin (plural kins)

Alternative form of k'in

Etymology 4

Verb

kin

Pronunciation spelling of can.

Anagrams

• -nik, Nik, ink

Source: Wiktionary

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kin (. Etym: [Of Low German origin; cf. G. -chen, LG.

– ken.]

Definition: A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.

Kin, n. (Mus.)

Definition: A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings. Riemann.

Kin, n. Etym: [OE. kin, cun, AS. cynn kin, kind, race, people; akin to cennan to beget, D. kunne sex, OS. & OHG. kunni kin, race, Icel. kyn, Goth. kuni, G. & D. kind a child, L. genus kind, race, L. gignere to beget, Gr. jan to beget. Kind, King, Gender kind, Nation.]

1. Relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; connection by birth or marriage; kindred; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.

2. Relatives; persons of the same family or race. The father, mother, and the kinbeside. Dryden. You are of kin, and so a friend to their persons. Bacon.

Kin, a.

Definition: Of the same nature or kind; kinder. "Kin to the king." Shak.

-kin (-kin). [Of Low German origin; cf. G. -chen, LG. -- ken.]

Definition: A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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