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What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Meaning of "kinsfolk" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF KINSFOLK

kinsfolk  [ˈkɪnzˌfəʊk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KINSFOLK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Kinsfolk is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES KINSFOLK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

kinsfolk

Family

In human context, a family is a group of people affiliated by consanguinity, affinity, or co-residence/shared consumption. Members of the immediate family may include a spouse, parent, brother and sister, and son and daughter. Members of the extended family may include grandparent, aunt, uncle, cousin, nephew and niece, or sibling-in-law. In most societies the family is the principal institution for the socialization of children. As the basic unit for raising children, anthropologists most generally classify family organization as matrifocal; conjugal; avuncular; or extended family in which parents and children co-reside with other members of one parent's family. As a unit of socialization, the family is the object of analysis for anthropologists and sociologists of the family. Sexual relations among the members are regulated by rules concerning incest such as the incest taboo. "Family" is used metaphorically to create more inclusive categories such as community, nationhood, global village and humanism. Genealogy is a field which aims to trace family lineages through history. Family is also an important economic unit studied in family economics.

Definition of kinsfolk in the English dictionary

The definition of kinsfolk in the dictionary is one's family or relatives.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KINSFOLK


fisherfolk
ˈfɪʃəˌfəʊk
folk
fəʊk
gentlefolk
ˈdʒɛntəlˌfəʊk
hillfolk
ˈhɪlˌfəʊk
kinfolk
ˈkɪnˌfəʊk
menfolk
ˈmɛnˌfəʊk
merfolk
ˈmɜːfəʊk
seafolk
ˈsiːˌfəʊk
townsfolk
ˈtaʊnzfəʊk
tradesfolk
ˈtreɪdzˌfəʊk
womenfolk
ˈwɪmɪnˌfəʊk
workfolk
ˈwɜːkˌfəʊk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KINSFOLK

kinkiness
kinkle
kinky
kinky boots
kinless
Kinneret
kinnikinic
kinnikinick
kinnikinnick
Kinnock
kino
kino gum
kinone
Kinross-shire
Kinsey
Kinshasa
kinship
kinsman
kinsmen
kinswoman

WORDS THAT END LIKE KINSFOLK

Beaker folk
country folk
egg yolk
Herrenvolk
holk
little folk
Norfolk
Polk
Suffolk
travelling folk
volk
yolk

Synonyms and antonyms of kinsfolk in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «KINSFOLK»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «kinsfolk» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of kinsfolk

Translation of «kinsfolk» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KINSFOLK

Find out the translation of kinsfolk to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of kinsfolk from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «kinsfolk» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

亲戚
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

parientes
570 millions of speakers

English

kinsfolk
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्वजन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أهلكم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

родственники
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

parentes
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জ্ঞাতিগোষ্ঠী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

parenté
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kinsfolk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Verwandtschaft
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

近親
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

친척
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kinsfolk
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bà con
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உறவினர்களைப்பற்றி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नातेवाईक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

soy sop
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

parenti
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

krewni
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

родичі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rubedenii
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

kinsfolk
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nabestaandes
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kinsfolk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

frender
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of kinsfolk

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KINSFOLK»

The term «kinsfolk» is regularly used and occupies the 70.618 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KINSFOLK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «kinsfolk» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «kinsfolk» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about kinsfolk

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QUOTES WITH «KINSFOLK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word kinsfolk.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KINSFOLK»

Discover the use of kinsfolk in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to kinsfolk and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The poet Robert Browning and his kinsfolk
The edition includes extensive textual notes, a description of Cyrus Mason and his relation to Robert Browning, and an analysis of Mason's eccentricities and prejudices.
Cyrus Mason, W. Craig Turner, 1983
2
We and Our Kinsfolk; Ephraim and Rebekah Waterman Briggs, ...
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed.
Mary Balch Briggs, 2012
3
Lorance Langton in Search of his Kinsfolk. [A novel.]
Ephraim CROWBERRY. agreed upon, in which it was stipulated between the parties that, except called upon by extreme emergency, it should remain in the possession of the monastery. Oxford, at this period, could boast rather of a sumptuous ...
Ephraim CROWBERRY, 1865
4
Kinsfolk
This varied collection includes material that gives readers a 19th century view of the world.
Mary Bathurst Deane, 2011
5
Sayyids and Sharifs in Muslim Societies: The Living Links to ...
This book brings together an international group of renowned scholars to provide a comprehensive examination of the place of the kinsfolk of Muhammad in Muslim societies, throughout history and in a number of different local manifestations.
Kazuo Morimoto, 2012
6
Heretics: The Other Side of Early Christianity
kinsfolk. of. Jesus: The. fate. of. the. Jewish. Christians. James the brother of the Lord was the authority in the later phase of the Jerusalem community. After his murder in 62 (see below, 49f.), a cousin of Jesus, Simeon, was leader of the ...
Gerd Ludemann, 1996
7
The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. ...
LETTER. VII. PAUL TO MAJOR , IN CONTINUATION. BATTLE OF LIGNY. Buonaparte's Plan for Attaching Blucher — Blucher' s Position — Number of Troops on both Sides — Mutual Hostility of the Prussians and the French — The two Armies ...
Sir Walter Scott, 1827
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The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Paul's letters to ...
214. ] LETTER XII. PAUL TO HIS SISTER. Paris — Tuileries — Reflections — Tuileries — Parisian Punning — Statue of Bonaparte— Public Works by Bonaparte — Want of Pavement — Courts before the Houses — No Smoke over Paris ...
Sir Walter Scott, 1834
9
Kinsfolk of Camden County, Deed Books
Organized in alphabetical order.
Elizabeth McPherson Jones, 1995
10
The Parentage and Kinsfolk of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A.
CONCERNING. THE. PARENTAGE. AND. KINSFOLK. OF. SIR. JOSHUA. REYNOLDS. AND. CERTAIN. OTHER. MATTERS. BY SIR ROBERT EDGCUMBE . THERE is one question which must have arisen in the minds Of many readers of the ...
Sir Robert P. Edgcumbe, 1901

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KINSFOLK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term kinsfolk is used in the context of the following news items.
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Entertainment News :: Kenya - Kweli Mzee Ojwang' was Hatari!
Redy of course waz our jina-sake Tony Njuguna, kinsfolk Nyambane now Comm Director at our kanjo gav, n John Kiarie, with whom we usedta ... «SDE Entertainment News, Jul 15»
2
Kweli Mzee Ojwang' was Hatari!
Redy of course waz our jina-sake Tony Njuguna, kinsfolk Nyambane now Comm Director at our kanjo gav, n John Kiarie, with whom we usedta ... «SDE Entertainment News, Jul 15»
3
ENVIRO NOTES: Fixing 'commons' problem
... of communal and corporate responsibility; acceptance of the ideas that “No man is an island” and that we are indeed our kinsfolk's keepers. «Peace Arch News, Jul 15»
4
Who should be Fighting Evil
Some time after that, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his kinsfolk and witnessed their labors. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, ... «Arutz Sheva, Jul 15»
5
East End 2015: 'Welcome to Leith' review
... that he was a notorious white supremacist and was attempting to buy up the town's vacant properties to create a safe-haven for his ideological kinsfolk. «CineVue, Jul 15»
6
The Invincible Kashmiris
The main misfortune of the people has been their betrayal by their own kinsfolk. Sir Walter Lawrence in his book the “Valley of Kashmir” while ... «The Citizen, Jun 15»
7
PODCAST: No contest as hurling fails to spark
RTE need to appease their Ulster Unionist cousins- their kinsfolk. Who dislike the GAA. So they always give out about our games, in order to ... «RTE.ie, Jun 15»
8
We have tossed our trust away
From political leaders to corporate bosses, from kinsfolk to our remotely associated neighbours, we have grown suspicious of them all. We vote ... «Khaleej Times, Jun 15»
9
From the core to the edges: PPP Malakand in shambles after local …
... Ali Shah who is also the PPP's district president, Jamil said all the lawmaker did was distribute party tickets amongst his own kinsfolk. «The Express Tribune, Jun 15»
10
At Waterloo Rosemary Hill
... sightseers at Waterloo and his account of his visit, Paul's Letters to His Kinsfolk, was a bestseller. Another antiquary who was at Hougoumont, ... «London Review of Books, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Kinsfolk [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/kinsfolk>. May 2024 ».
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