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affines

affines is the plural of affine.

Meaning of affine

Noun

affine (plural affines)

  1. (genealogy) A relative by marriage.
    • 1970 [Routledge and Kegan Paul], Raymond Firth, Jane Hubert, Anthony Forge, Families and Their Relatives: Kinship in a Middle-Class Sector of London, 2006, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 135,
      The element of personal idiosyncracy may be expected to be most marked in regard to affines (i.e. those...
    Synonyms:
    in-law

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Questions about affines

What is affines the plural of?
Affines is the plural of affine.

Words near affines in the dictionary

  1. affine variety
  2. affined
  3. affinely
  4. affinely independent
  5. affineness
  6. affines
  7. affineur
  8. affineurs
  9. affining
  10. affinisation
  11. affinisations

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