English-Thai Dictionary

kin

N ญาติ (คำ เก่า  เครือญาติ  relative kindred yad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

KIN

n.[L. genus; Gr. connected with L. gigno, geno.] 1. Relation, properly by consanguinity or blood, but perhaps sometimes used for relation by affinity or marriage.
This man is of kin to me.
2. Relatives; kindred; persons of the same race.
--The father, mother and the kin beside.
3. A relation; a relative.
4. The same generical class; a thing related.
And the ear-deafening voice of th' oracle,
Kin to Jove's thunder.
5. As a termination, kin is used as a diminutive, denoting small, from the sense of child; as in manikin, a little man.

 

KIN

a.Of the same nature; kindred; congenial.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

KIN

kin (. Etym: [Of Low German origin; cf. G. -chen, LG. -- ken. ]

 

Defn: A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.

 

KIN

KIN Kin, n. (Mus. )

 

Defn: A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings. Riemann.

 

KIN

Kin, n. Etym: [OE. kin, cun, AS. cynn kin, kind, race, people; akin to cennan to beget, D. kunne sex, OS. & OHG. kunni kin, race, Icel. kyn, Goth. kuni, G. & D. kind a child, L. genus kind, race, L. gignere to beget, Gr. jan to beget. Kind, King, Gender kind, Nation. ]

 

1. Relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; connection by birth or marriage; kindred; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.

 

2. Relatives; persons of the same family or race. The father, mother, and the kinbeside. Dryden. You are of kin, and so a friend to their persons. Bacon.

 

KIN

KIN Kin, a.

 

Defn: Of the same nature or kind; kinder. "Kin to the king. " Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

kin

kin |kin kɪn | ▶noun [ treated as pl. ] one's family and relations: he is expected to make a payment to his wife's kin. • animals or plants that are related to a particular species or kind: dolphins, whales, and their kin. the Acari include ticks, mites, and their kin. ▶adjective [ predic. ] related: he was kin to the brothers. See also akin. DERIVATIVES kin less adjective ORIGIN Old English cynn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kunne, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘give birth to, ’ shared by Greek genos and Latin genus ‘race. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

kin

kin |kɪn | ▶noun [ treated as pl. ] one's family and relations: many elderly people have no kin to turn to for assistance. • animals or plants that are related to a particular species or kind: dolphins, whales, and their kin. the Acari include ticks, mites, and their kin . ▶adjective [ predic. ] (of a person ) related: he was kin to the brothers. DERIVATIVES kinless adjective ORIGIN Old English cynn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kunne, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘give birth to ’, shared by Greek genos and Latin genus ‘race ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

kin

kin noun their own kin: relatives, relations, family (members ), kindred, kith and kin; flesh and blood, nearest and dearest; kinsfolk, kinsmen, kinswomen, people; informal folks.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

kin

kin noun mothers left their children with grandmothers or other kin: relatives, relations, family, family members, kindred, connections, clan, tribe, kith and kin, one's own flesh and blood, nearest and dearest; kinsfolk, kinsmen /kinswomen; informal folks; dated people. ▶adjective my uncle was kin to the brothers: related, akin, allied, close, connected with, cognate with; rare consanguineous, consanguine.

 

Duden Dictionary

Kin

Kin Substantiv, Neutrum , das |K i n |das Kin; Genitiv: des Kin, Plural: die Kin chinesisch chinesische Sammelbezeichnung für 5- bis 25 -saitige zitherartige Saiteninstrumente

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

kin

kin /kɪn /名詞 U ｟かたく やや古 ｠1 〖集合的に; 複数扱い; 時にone 's ～〗 «…の » 親族 ; 親類, 親戚 (relatives ) «to » ▸ They are close [distant ] kin to us .彼らは私たちの近親者 [遠縁 ]にあたる 2 血族 [姻戚 ]関係 .k ì th and k í n →kith .n è xt of k í n 〘法 〙〖集合的に; 単複両扱い; しばしばthe /one's ～〗最近親者 (たち ).of k í n 親戚で ; 同類で (akin ).形容詞 〖be ～〗 «…と » 親類 [戚 ]で, 血縁で ; 同種 [質 ]の «to » .