English
Etymology
From Middle English kynnesman, equivalent to kin + -s- + -man.
Pronunciation
Noun
kinsman (plural kinsmen)
- A male relative.
1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter VI, in The Last Man. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 194:And I, the nearest kinsman of the Earl of Windsor, was to propose his election.
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male relative
- Albanian: njëgjakës (sq)
- Armenian: ազգական (hy) (azgakan)
- Bengali: বেরাদর (bn) (berador)
- Bulgarian: роднина (bg) m (rodnina)
- Danish: slægtning c, frænde c, ætling c
- Faroese: ættarmaður m
- Finnish: miespuolinen sukulainen
- French: parent (fr) m
- Georgian: ნათესავი (natesavi), სახლიკაცი (saxliḳaci)
- German: Verwandter (de) m, Angehöriger (de) m, Landsmann (de) m
- Gothic: 𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌾𐌹𐍃 m (niþjis), 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌾𐌹𐍃 m (ganiþjis)
- Greek: συγγενής (el) m (syngenís)
- Ancient Greek: συγγενής m (sungenḗs), (by marriage) πηός m (pēós)
- Hungarian: férfirokon (hu)
- Italian: parente (it) m
- Latin: gentilis m
- Norwegian: forfader (no) m, ætting m, ættfar m
- Occitan: parent (oc) m
- Old Norse: frændi m, niðr m
- Polish: krewny (pl) m
- Portuguese: parente (pt) m
- Russian: ро́дственник (ru) m (ródstvennik)
- Sanskrit: बान्धव (sa) m (bāndhava) (especially maternal), ज्ञाति (sa) m (jñāti) (especially paternal)
- Swahili: ndugu (sw)
- Swedish: frände (sv) c
- Ukrainian: ро́дич m (ródyč)
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