consanguinity

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French consanguinité, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin consanguinitas, from consanguineosus meaning "consanguineous", from com- meaning "together" + sanguineus meaning "of or pertaining to blood", from sanguis "blood"

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑnsæŋˈɡwɪnɪti/

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Noun

consanguinity (countable and uncountable, plural consanguinities)

1. A consanguineous or family relationship through parentage or descent. A blood relationship.
   • 1776, United States Declaration of Independence

     They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity.

Synonyms

• same-bloodedness

Related terms

• consanguineous
• consanguinuity

Translations

a blood relationship

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 同族 (zh) (tóngzú)

• Danish: konsangvinitet
• Dutch: bloedverwantschap (nl) f
• Finnish: verisukulaisuus (fi), veriheimolaisuus, veriveljeys
• French: consanguinité (fr) f
• Georgian: სისხლით ნათესაობა (sisxlit natesaoba)
• German: Blutsverwandtschaft (de) f
• Greek: συγγένεια εξ αίματος (syngéneia ex aímatos)
• Hebrew: קרבת-דם (qirvat-dam)
• Hungarian: vérrokonság (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: consanguinità
• Japanese: 血族 (ja) (けつぞく, ketsuzoku)
• Korean: 동족 (ko) (dongjok)
• Latin: cōnsanguinitās f nominative, cōnsanguinitātis genitive
• Manx: mooinjerys folley m
• Norwegian: konsangvinitet m
• Polish: pokrewieństwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: consanguinidade (pt)
• Romanian: consangvinitate (ro) f, consanguinitate f
• Russian: кро́вные у́зы f pl (króvnyje úzy), кро́вное родство́ n (króvnoje rodstvó)
• Spanish: consanguinidad f

See also

• affinity
• incest