kindred

See also: Kindred

English

Etymology

From Middle English kindrede, alteration (with epenthetic d) of kinrede, cünreden (“kindred”), from Old English cynrēd, cynrǣden (“kindred, family, generation, posterity, stock, species”), from cynn (“kind, sort, quality, race, family, rank, gender”) + -rǣden (“condition, state”), equivalent to kin +‎ -red. More at kin.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ˈkĭndrĭd, ˈkĭndrəd, IPA^(key): /ˈkɪndɹɪd/, /ˈkɪndɹəd/

Noun

kindred (plural kindreds)

1. (often plural only) Distant and close relatives, collectively; kin. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. (often plural only) People of the same ethnic descent, not including speaker; brethren. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. (countable) A grouping of relatives.
   • (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     I think there's no man is secure / But the queen's kindred.

4. (uncountable) Blood relationship.
5. (uncountable) Affinity, likeness.

Synonyms

• (people of same ethnic descent): brethren, kinship

Translations

kin — see kin

people of same ethnic descent

• Bulgarian: род (bg) m (rod), клан (bg) m (klan)
• Catalan: saga (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亲属 (zh) (qīnshǔ)

• Dutch: soortgenoten (nl)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: tribu (fr) f
• German: Stammesbrüder m pl, Stammesgeschwister n pl, Artgenossen (de) m pl
• Spanish: etnia (es) f

Noun

kindred (plural kindreds)

1. A combination of extended family and religious group, of the Ásatrú religious order in America.

Synonyms

• Hearth
• Garth
• Stead

Further reading

• Wikipedia article on Ásatrú Kindreds

Adjective

kindred (not comparable)

1. Of the same nature, or of similar character.
   • 1924, Aristotle, Metaphysics, translated by W. D. Ross, Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001, book 1, part 1.

     We have said in the Ethics what the difference is between art and science and the other kindred faculties;

2. Connected, related, cognate, akin.

   kindred tongues

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:akin

Translations

of the same nature

• Bulgarian: сроден (bg) (sroden), сходен (bg) (shoden)
• Dutch: gelijkaardig (nl), gelijkwaardig (nl), equivalent (nl)
• Georgian: მონათესავე (monatesave), ნათესაური (natesauri)
• German: verwandt (de), gleichartig (de), ähnlich (de)
• Italian: affine (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: semelhante (pt)
• Russian: ро́дственный (ru) (ródstvennyj)
• Swedish: besläktad (sv)

Anagrams

• drinked