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Definition: Kinfolk |
KinfolkNoun1. People descended from a common ancestor; "his family had lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: KinfolkSynonyms: family (n), family line (n), folk (n), kinsfolk (n), phratry (n), sept (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Consanguinity | Kinsman, kinfolk; kith and kin; relation, relative; connection; sibling, sib; next of kin; uncle, aunt, nephew, niece; cousin, cousin-german; first cousin, second cousin; cousin once removed, cousin twice; removed; near relation, distant relation; brother, sister, one's own flesh and blood. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | Ladies in the window, focused on the kinfolk (Izzo (H.O.V.A.); performing artist: Jay-Z) Kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen (Jambalaya; performing artist: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) | |
Movie/TV Titles | All the Lovin' Kinfolk (1970) | |
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| "Kinfolk" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Kinfolk" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 9 | 117,287 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
kinfolk | 8 |
collection kinfolk | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "kinfolk"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | خویشاوندان (Kinsfolk), اقوام . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | verwandtschaft (affiliation, affinity, blood-relationship, family, kin, kindred, kinsfolk, kinship, relatedness, relation, relations, relationship, relatives), verwandten (relations). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | parentela (affiliation, affinity, blood-relationship, kin, kindred, kinship, relatedness, relationship). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | infolkkay parentela (kin, kinsfolk), cinetoscópio (kinetoscope). (various references) родня (folk, kindred, kinsfolk). (various references) srodnici (kinsfolk), rodbina (affinity, folk, In law, kin, kindred, kinsfolk, relatives). (various references) parientes (folk, kin, kindred, relatives, sib). (various references) ญาติมิตร (คำเก่า). (various references) рідня (affinity, alliance, connection, connexion, kin, sib). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "kinfolk": kinfolks. (additional references) | |
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"Kinfolk" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Kinnnock. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-i-k-k-l-n-o" | |
-3 letters: filo, fink, fino, foil, foin, folk, ikon, info, kiln, kilo, kink, kino, konk, link, lino, lion, loin, noil, oink. | |
-4 letters: fil, fin, fon, ilk, ink, ion, kif, kin, koi, lin, nil, oil. | |
-5 letters: if, in, li, lo, no, of, on. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-i-k-k-l-n-o" | |
+1 letter: kinfolks, kinsfolk. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4B 69 6E 66 6F 6C 6B |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.- .. -. ..-. --- .-.. -.- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001011 01101001 01101110 01100110 01101111 01101100 01101011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)K i n f o l k |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004B 0069 006E 0066 006F 006C 006B |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)45758072817877 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | deutsch, Deutsche, tedesco, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | italienisch, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, ชาวอิตาลี, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugiesisch, portoghese, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | Russe, russisch, russo, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ชาวรัสเซีย, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanisch, spagnolo, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | thailändisch, Thailänder, tailandese, tailandês, tailandés, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย, Та"ць, Тайська Мова, Тайський |
Ukranian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | englisch, inglese, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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