kin
parentes
definition
noun
he is expected to make a payment to his wife's kin
one's family and relations.
adjective
he was kin to the brothers
related.
suffix
forming diminutive nouns such as bumpkin , catkin.
translation of 'kin'
noun
parentela,
parentesco,
família,
parentes
adjective
da mesma família,
parente
example
There is 'kin' - immediate and extended family - and close behind that, neighbors, members of my social group, people to whom I can turn in need, people like me.
Family and 'kin' are the primary focus of an individual's loyalties and identity.
Though he is 'kin' to God in nature, all his character is unlike God.
Smaller herbivorous dinosaurs, however, may have fed to a greater extent than their larger 'kin' on plants defended by qualitative toxins.
At every level of society a person looks to family and 'kin' for both social identity and succor.
This often makes mutual aid and small business formation a whole family strategy, encompassing extended and mythical 'kin' with geographical or social ties in the sending country.
Traveling together with family, friends, and extended 'kin' these mobile groups bond and build community life.
As is the case with many blended or separated families, children don't always understand the relationships between 'kin' .
A powerful deterrent to deviant behavior is that such behavior brings shame to one's family and 'kin' and is considered sinful.
They would have seen themselves as intellectually 'kin' to men who do not figure in these lists - priests or scholars who had on the face of it no great philosophical interest.
That is, men interact with their wives' 'kin' as individuals rather than as representatives of their corporate Houses.
From the moment of birth an infant is showered with attention and care by family members and extended 'kin' .
They are 'kin' to dragons from when humans first settled on Pern.
The family also teaches that 'kin' are the appropriate source of friendly companionship.
In gathering information about who lives in the home and who fulfills family roles, it is important to assess for the involvement of extended family and non-blood 'kin' .
The preceding plants form a grade between the lineages considered in Lab 9 (conifers, Ginkgo and Cordaites) and the flowering plants and their 'kin' .
Juvenile salmon clearly avoided 'kin' when they shared shelters and preferred to associate with unrelated conspecifics.
Relatives seek out prospective mates for their 'kin' from desirable families.
Nuclear families are the main kin group, with relatives involved as 'kin' in the extended family.
Most households are not nuclear families, but contain other 'kin' as well.
Most families are in practice extended, with elderly or other 'kin' in the household and other relatives nearby.
Marriage always takes place then (in theory) between people who are already kin but only 'kin' of a specified kind.
Extended family and 'kin' are an important part of the social structure of the republic.
A pervasive myth is that the extended family does not exist and that society is composed of nuclear families cut off from extended 'kin' .
This may allow non-breeding animals to pass along the genes they share with their 'kin' by helping in the rearing of young.
Precisely how fishes and other animals recognize 'kin' is hotly debated in the scientific community.
All of the mother and fathers' relatives are considered 'kin' .
Neoreligious communities have emerged in which people are guided to the other side to communicate with deceased family members and 'kin' .
I belong to a generation of 'kinless' childhoods, where we grew up without grandparents, numerous uncles, aunts, cousins and relatives who had perished, yet whose silent presence loomed in the background.
Hey, maybe you're in a movie where your boyfriend is some sort of 'kinless' clone or alien.
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