A diametrically opposed kinship pattern is to be observed among certain South Sea Island communities.
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Kinship
//ˈkɪnʃɪp//
Synonyms for "kinship" (107 found)
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Related words (53)
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7 entriesTranslations
82 translations across 44 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- συγγένειᾰ noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Arabic
1 entries- قَرَابَة noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Armenian
1 entries- ազգակցություն noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Belarusian
3 entries- ро́днасць noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
- ро́днасьць noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
- свая́цтва noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Bulgarian
4 entries- бли́зост noun (relation or connection by nature or character)
- при́лика noun (relation or connection by nature or character)
- ро́дство noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
- родни́нство noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 天然聯繫 /天然联系 noun (relation or connection by nature or character)
- 血緣 /血缘 noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
- 親屬 /亲属 noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
- 親屬關係 /亲属关系 noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Cimbrian
1 entries- bròintekhot noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Czech
3 entries- příbuzenství noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
- příbuznost noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
- příbuznost noun (relation or connection by nature or character)
Danish
2 entries- slægt noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
- slægtskab noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Dutch
1 entries- verwantschap noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Esperanto
1 entries- parenceco noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Estonian
1 entries- sugulus noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Finnish
4 entries- sielunveljeys noun (relation or connection by nature or character)
- sukulaisuus noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
- sukulaisuussuhde noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
- yhteisyys noun (relation or connection by nature or character)
French
2 entries- parenté noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
- parenté noun (relation or connection by nature or character)
Georgian
2 entries- მსგავსება noun (relation or connection by nature or character)
- ნათესაობა noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
German
3 entries- Verwandtschaft noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
- Verwandtschaft noun (relation or connection by nature or character)
- Verwandtschaftsbeziehung noun (relation or connection by nature or character)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌾𐌰 noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Greek
1 entries- συγγένεια noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Hungarian
1 entries- rokonság noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Indonesian
3 entries- kekerabatan noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
- kerabat noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
- persanakan noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Italian
2 entries- parentela noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
- parentela noun (relation or connection by nature or character)
Japanese
3 entries- 血族関係 noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
- 血縁 noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
- 親族 noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Korean
3 entries- 친족 noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
- 친족 관계 noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
- 혈연 noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Macedonian
1 entries- сродство noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Malay
2 entries- kekerabatan noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
- kerabat noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Middle English
1 entries- kynrede noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Māori
1 entries- whanaungatanga noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- slekt noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Persian
2 entries- خویشاوندان noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
- خویشاوندی noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Plains-Cree
2 entries- wahkohtowin noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
- ᐊᐧᐦᑯᐦᑐᐃᐧᐣ noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Polish
1 entries- pokrewieństwo noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Portuguese
2 entries- parentesco noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
- parentesco noun (relation or connection by nature or character)
Romanian
2 entries- rudenie noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
- înrudire noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Russian
4 entries- бли́зость noun (relation or connection by nature or character)
- подо́бие noun (relation or connection by nature or character)
- родство́ noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
- схо́дство noun (relation or connection by nature or character)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- càirdeas noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- sròdstvo noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
- сро̀дство noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Slovak
1 entries- príbuzenstvo noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Slovene
1 entries- sorodstvo noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Spanish
1 entries- parentesco noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Swedish
1 entries- släkt noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Tajik
1 entries- хешовандӣ noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Turkish
1 entries- akrabalık noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Ukrainian
4 entries- бли́зкість noun (relation or connection by nature or character)
- поді́бність noun (relation or connection by nature or character)
- спорі́днення noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
- спорі́дненість noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
Welsh
2 entries- ach noun (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption)
- ach noun (relation or connection by nature or character)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Ties of kinship are very important in Islam.
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I don't even fully understand the kinship system of English, especially when it gets beyond first cousins.
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I read the research paper "An Exploration of kinship terms of Hokkien Chinese-Indonesians in Surabaya."
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