kind

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Adjective 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.2.2 Noun 1.2.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2.2 Related terms 1.2.2.3 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.3.1.2 Translations 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Inflection 3 Dutch 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Derived terms 3.2.2 Related terms 3.2.3 Synonyms 3.3 See also 4 Icelandic 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 5 Swedish 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun

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[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: kīnd, IPA: /kaɪnd/, SAMPA: /kaInd/
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  Rhymes: -aɪnd

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English cynde, cynd

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kind (comparative kinder, superlative kindest)

1. Affectionate, showing benevolence.
2. Favorable.
3. mild, gentle, forgiving

   The years have been kind to Richard Gere, he ages well

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• See also Wikisaurus:affectionate

[edit] Derived terms

• kindhearted
• kindliness
• kindly
• kindness

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• Ido: benigna, afabla

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kind (plural kinds)

1. A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.

   What kind of a person are you?

   This is a strange kind of tobacco.

2. (now rare) One's inherent nature; character, natural disposition.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book III:

     why haue ye slayne my houndes said syr gauayne, for they dyd but their kynde [...].

3. A makeshift or otherwise atypical specimen.

   The opening served as a kind of window.

4. (idiomatic) Quite, rather, somewhat (as in He was kind of surprised.).

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• genre
• sort
• type
• derivative

(1) and/or (2)

• generation
• offspring
• child
• See also Wikisaurus:class

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• kindhood
• kindred
• kin, kinship

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[edit] Etymology 2

From kine (“‘cattle’”), from Middle English kyn, from Old English cȳna, when cattle were a means of exchange.

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kind (uncountable)

1. In goods or services (as in barter), rather than money (as in pay in kind).
2. By the same means (as in I'll pay in kind for his insult).

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• payment in kind

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse kinn, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenu- (“‘cheek’”).

[edit] Noun

kind c. (singular definite kinden, plural indefinite kinder)

1. cheek

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• IPA: /kɪnt/, SAMPA: /kInt/

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kind n. (plural kinderen, diminutive kindje, diminutive plural kindjes)

1. child, kid, non-adult human
2. descendant, still a minor or irrespective of age

   In sommige patriarchale tradities blijven kinderen levenslang onvoorwaardelijk onderworpen aan het vaderlijk gezag, zoals aanvankelijk in het Oude Rome, in andere houdt een zoon op kind te zijn door zijn eigen gezin te stichten

   In certain patriarchal traditions, children remain subject to unconditional paternal authority for life, as originally in Ancient Rome, in other ones a son ceases to be a child by founding his own family

3. (figuratively) product of influence, breeding etc.

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kinderlijk kinds kinderbescherming kinderboek kinderloos kindermishandeling kinderspel n. kindertaal kinderverhaal n. kinderzorg kindvriendelijk kerstekind n. kleinkind n. koningskind n. liefdeskind n. mensenkind n. pleegkind n. schoolkind n. stadskind n. stiefkind n. weeskind n. wonderkind n. zondagskind n. zorgenkind n.

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• (German) Kind n.

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• (descendant) afstammeling, telg

[edit] See also

• zoon m., dochter f.
• oir n.
• blaag m.

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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [cʰɪnt]

  Rhymes: -ɪnt

[edit] Noun

kind f. (genitive singular kindar, plural kindur)

1. sheep

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[edit] Swedish

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[edit] Noun

Inflection for kind	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	kind	kinden	kinder	kinderna
Possessive form	kinds	kindens	kinders	kindernas

kind c.

1. (anatomy) cheek; a part of the face.