kin

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See also kín, -kin, and kin-

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English kin, kyn, ken, kun, from Old English cynn (kind, sort, rank, quality, family, generation, offspring, pedigree, kin, race, people, gender, sex, propriety, etiquette), from Proto-Germanic *kunją (race, generation, descent), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (to produce). Cognate with Scots kin (relatives, kinfolk), North Frisian kinn, kenn (gender, race, family, kinship), Dutch kunne (gender, sex), Middle Low German kunne (gender, sex, race, family, lineage), German Künne, Kunne (kin, kind, race), Danish køn (gender, sex), Swedish kön (gender, sex), Icelandic kyn (gender), and through Indo-European, with Latin genus (kind, sort, ancestry, birth), Ancient Greek γένος (genos, kind, race), Albanian dhen ((herd of) small cattle).

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Noun[edit]

kin (uncountable)

  1. Race; family; breed; kind.
  2. (collectively) Persons of the same race or family; kindred.
    • Francis Bacon
      You are of kin, and so a friend to their persons.
  3. One or more relatives, such as siblings or cousins, taken collectively.
  4. Relationship; same-bloodedness or affinity; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.
  5. Kind; sort; manner; way.

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Adjective[edit]

kin (not comparable)

  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.

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch kinne, from Old Dutch kinni, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénu-, *ǵénus. Compare Low German and German Kinn, English chin, Danish kind, Icelandic kinn.

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Noun[edit]

kin m, f (plural kinnen, diminutive kinnetje)

  1. (anatomy) chin

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kin

  1. five (5)

Japanese[edit]

See also kiin

Romanization[edit]

kin

  1. See きん

Kurdish[edit]

Adjective[edit]

kin gender unspecified

  1. short

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Lojban[edit]

Rafsi[edit]

kin

  1. rafsi of skina.

Navajo[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: [kxɪ̀n]

Noun[edit]

kin

  1. market
  2. house, cabin, building
  3. town

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Ngarrindjeri[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

kin

  1. him

Tai Dam[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Lao ກິນ (kin) and Thai กิน (gin)

Verb[edit]

kin

  1. to eat

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West Frisian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Middle Low German kinne, kin, from Old Saxon kinni, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz. Cf. also Dutch kin. Compare Old Frisian zin, English chin.

Noun[edit]

kin

  1. chin

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Verb[edit]

kin

  1. I can