kinship
US/ˈkɪnʃɪp/
kinship noun: relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption.
Noun
kinship (countable and uncountable, plural kinships)
- Relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption.
- Relation or connection by nature or character.
- The first of these were the ten engines of class "C8", Nos.290-299, which had a very strong kinship to the C.R. "Carbrooks".1951 November, David R. Webb, “The Drummond 4-4-0 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 774
kinship meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
kinship in Hindi
- नातेदारी
kinship in Tamil
- உறவு முறைமை, சொந்தம், பண்புத் தொடர்பு
kinship in Urdu
- kinship
- اشتراک خون iśtirāk e xūn
kinship in Bengali
- রক্তের সম্পর্ক, আত্মীয়তা, ঘনিষ্ঠতা
More languagesFewer languages
- kinship in Telugu
- చుట్టరికము cuṭṭarikamu, దాయము dāyamu
- kinship in Malayalam
- കുടുംബബന്ധം, പൊതുവായ ഗുണങ്ങൾ ഉള്ള അവസ്ഥ
- kinship in Kannada
- ಮೇಳ mēḷa
- kinship in Gujarati
- સગપણ
- kinship in Odia
- ସମ୍ବନ୍ଧ sambandha
- kinship in Sanskrit
- बन्धु bándhu
- kinship in Arabic
- قَرَابَة qarāba
- kinship in Malay
- kerabat, kekerabatan
- kinship in Indonesian
- kerabat, kekerabatan, persanakan
- kinship in Persian
- خویشاوندی xišâvandi, خویشاوندان xišâvandân
Examples of kinship in a sentence
- According to anthropology, there are six basic patterns of kinship terminology or kin naming systems.
- The Native American had a kinship with nature, even referring to Mother Earth and Brother Bear.
- Perissological resonators can reveal relationships extant in various domains like kinship, exchange, death, marriage etc.
Forms of kinship
| plural | kinships |
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Origin of kinship
From kin + -ship.
Words formed from kinship
Questions about kinship
- What does kinship mean?
- Kinship means relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption.
- What is kinship in Hindi?
- Kinship in Hindi is नातेदारी. See Kinship meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is kinship?
- Kinship is a noun.
- How do you pronounce kinship?
- Kinship is pronounced /ˈkɪnʃɪp/ (US).
- What is the plural of kinship?
- The plural of kinship is kinships.
Words near kinship in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: kinship (page history and authors); kinship (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kinship (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اشتراک خون (Urdu) (page history and authors); Kinship (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); చుట్టరికము (Telugu) (page history and authors); kinship (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಮೇಳ (Kannada) (page history and authors); kinship (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ସମ୍ବନ୍ଧ (Odia) (page history and authors); बन्धु (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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