kinship

English

Etymology

From kin +‎ -ship.

Noun

kinship (countable and uncountable, plural kinships)

1. relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
2. relation or connection by nature or character

Related terms

• kin
• kith as in kith and kin

Translations

relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption

• Bulgarian: родство (bg) n (rodstvo), роднинство n (rodninstvo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 親屬關係／亲属关系 (qīnshǔ guānxi), 亲属关系 (qīnshǔ guānxì)

• Cimbrian: bròintekhot f
• Czech: příbuznost f
• Danish: slægtskab n
• Dutch: verwantschap (nl) f
• Esperanto: parenceco
• Estonian: sugulussuhted pl
• Finnish: sukulaisuus (fi), sukulaisuussuhde
• French: parenté (fr) f
• Georgian: ნათესაობა (natesaoba)
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• German: Verwandtschaft (de) f
• Greek: συγγένεια (el) f (syngéneia)
• Italian: parentela (it) f
• Japanese: 血族関係 (けつぞくかんけい, ketsuzoku-kankei)
• Korean: 친족 관계 (chinjok gwangye)
• Maori: whanaungatanga
• Plains Cree: wahkohtowin, ᐊᐧᐦᑯᐦᑐᐃᐧᐣ
• Portuguese: parentesco (pt) m
• Romanian: înrudire (ro) f, rudenie (ro) f
• Russian: родство́ (ru) n (rodstvó)
• Scottish Gaelic: càirdeas m
• Serbo-Croatian: srodstvo (sh) n
• Spanish: parentesco (es) m
• Swedish: släktingar (sv)

relation or connection by nature or character

• Bulgarian: близост (bg) f (blizost), прилика (bg) f (prilika)
• Czech: příbuznost f
• Finnish: yhteisyys (fi), sielunveljeys
• French: parenté (fr) f
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• Georgian: მსგავსება (msgavseba)
• Italian: parentela (it) f
• Portuguese: parentesco (pt) m

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