affinal
affinal adjective: of a family relationship by marriage of a relative (or through affinity), as opposed to consanguinity; in-law.
Adjective
affinal (not comparable)
- Of a family relationship by marriage of a relative (or through affinity), as opposed to consanguinity; in-law.
- The names of their affinal relatives must be avoided in speaking either to a man or woman, or even when speaking in their presence.2018, Daniel Elazar, Kinship in the Admiralty Islands, Routledge, →ISBN
- Antonyms:
- consanguine
affinal meaning in Bengali
affinal in Bengali
- বৈবাহিক সম্পর্কীয়
Antonyms of affinal
Origin of affinal
From Latin affīnis (“kindred”) + English -al.
Words that rhyme with affinal
- urinal
- final
- anticlinal
- interspinal
- officinal
- spinal
- synclinal
- bulbospinal
- clinal
- doctrinal
- extravaginal
- geosynclinal
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- intravaginal
- matutinal
- quarterfinal
- rhinal
- semifinal
- serotinal
- vaginal
- abdominovaginal
- anginal
- anospinal
- anovaginal
- antevaginal
- audiospinal
- binal
- botulinal
- brachiovaginal
- carinal
- cerebellospinal
- cerebrospinal
- cervicovaginal
- ciliospinal
- circumvaginal
- clitourethrovaginal
- coeruleospinal
- colovaginal
- corticospinal
- craniospinal
- diencephalospinal
- encephalospinal
- endovaginal
- enterovaginal
- epispinal
- eugeosynclinal
- extraspinal
- hemispinal
- holospinal
- hypothalamospinal
- ileovaginal
- iliospinal
- infraspinal
- intervaginal
- intra-vaginal
- intraspinal
- ischiovaginal
- isoclinal
- mediastinal
- medullispinal
- medullospinal
Questions about affinal
- What does affinal mean?
- Affinal means of a family relationship by marriage of a relative (or through affinity), as opposed to consanguinity; in-law.
- What is affinal in Bengali?
- Affinal in Bengali is বৈবাহিক সম্পর্কীয়. See Affinal meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is affinal?
- Affinal is an adjective.
Words near affinal in the dictionary
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