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kin·dred

(kĭn′drĭd)

1. A group of related persons, as a clan or tribe.

2. (used with a pl. verb) A person's relatives; kinfolk.

adj.

1. Of the same ancestry or family: kindred clans.

2. Having a similar or related origin, nature, or character: kindred emotions.

[Middle English kinrede, kindrede, from Late Old English cynrēde : cyn, kin; see genə- in Indo-European roots + -rēde, condition (from Old English rǣden, -rǣden, condition; see ar- in Indo-European roots).]

kin′dred·ness n.

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kindred

(ˈkɪndrɪd)

adj

1. having similar or common qualities, origin, etc

2. related by blood or marriage

3. kindred spirit a person with whom one has something in common

4. relationship by blood

5. similarity in character

6. a person's relatives collectively

[C12 kinred, from kin + -red, from Old English rǣden rule, from rǣdan to rule]

ˈkindredness, ˈkindredˌship n

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kin•dred

(ˈkɪn drɪd)

n.

1. kin; kinfolk.

2. relationship by birth or descent, or sometimes by marriage.

adj.

3. having the same belief, attitude, or feeling.

4. associated by origin, nature, qualities, etc.

5. related by birth or descent.

[1125–75; Middle English, variant of kinrede]

Kindred

kinsfolk or relatives, collectively, 1225.

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Noun	1.	kindred - group of people related by blood or marriage clan, kin group, kinship group, kin, tribe social group - people sharing some social relation mishpachah, mishpocha - (Yiddish) the entire family network of relatives by blood or marriage (and sometimes close friends); "she invited the whole mishpocha" family unit, family - primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family" folks - your parents; "he wrote to his folks every day" family tree, genealogy - successive generations of kin totem - a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object Tribes of Israel, Twelve Tribes of Israel - twelve kin groups of ancient Israel each traditionally descended from one of the twelve sons of Jacob relative, relation - a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey" clan member, clansman, clanswoman - a member of a clan tribesman - someone who lives in a tribe
Adj.	1.	kindred - similar in quality or character; "a feeling akin to terror"; "kindred souls"; "the amateur is closely related to the collector" akin similar - marked by correspondence or resemblance; "similar food at similar prices"; "problems similar to mine"; "they wore similar coats"
	2.	kindred - related by blood or marriage; "kindred clans" related - connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage

kindred

noun

1. family, relations, relatives, connections, flesh, kin, lineage, kinsmen, kinsfolk The offender made proper restitution to the victim's kindred.

adjective

1. similar, like, related, allied, corresponding, affiliated, akin, kin, cognate, matching I recall discussions with her on these and kindred topics.

2. similar, compatible, understanding, similar, friendly, sympathetic, responsive, agreeable, in tune, like-minded, congenial, like, companionable We're sort of kindred spirits.

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kindred

noun

1. A group of people sharing common ancestry:

clan, family, house, lineage, stock, tribe.

Idioms: flesh and blood, kith and kin.

2. One's relatives collectively:

family, kin, kinfolk.

adjective

Connected by or as if by kinship or common origin:

agnate, akin, allied, cognate, connate, connatural, consanguine, consanguineous, related.

Translations

أقارِب، أنْسِباء، أهْلمُشابِه

beslægtetslægt

verwandt Verwandtschaft

parents

fjölskyldalíkur, ámóta

līdzīgsradiradiniekiradniecībaradniecīgs

liknende

родственный

akrabalaraynı türden olan

亲属关系同类的宗族家族

kindred

[ˈkɪndrɪd]

A. ADJ (= related by blood or group) → emparentado; [language] → de un tronco común (fig) → afín, semejante
kindred spirits → almas fpl gemelas
to have a kindred feeling for sb → sentirse hermano de algn

B. N (= relations) → familia f, parientes mpl

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kindred

[ˈkɪndrɪd] adj (= similar) → apparenté(e)kindred spirit n → âme f sœur
We are kindred spirits → Nous sommes des âmes sœurs.

kindred

n no pl (= relatives) → Verwandtschaft f

adj (= related) → verwandt; kindred spirit → Gleichgesinnte(r) mf

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kindred

[ˈkɪndrɪd]

1. adj (tribes, peoples) → imparentato/a; (language) → affine
to have a kindred feeling for sb → sentirsi molto vicino/a a qn

2. n (relations) → familiari mpl, parenti mpl

kindred

(ˈkindrid) noun plural

one's relatives.

adjective

of the same sort. climbing and kindred sports.

kin·dred

n. parentesco.

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