Dictionary

kinfolk en · NOUN

Etymology

From kin + folk.

Meanings

1. (US, countable, uncountable) Relatives, relations.
   • That says something about the nature of man—his fantasies of death that get enacted into the slaughter of man by man—kinfolk or strangers in droves—on every possible mindless occasion. 1982, Bernard Malamud, “Cohn’s Island”, in God’s Grace, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux:
   • I'm in the 'land gettin' smoked with my kinfolk 1995, “I Got 5 on It”, in Operation Stackola, performed by Luniz:
   • Three 6 Mafia, them my kinfolk. 2005, “Stay Fly”, in Jordan Houston, Darnell Carlton, Paul Beauregard, Premro Smith, Marlon Goodwin, David Brown, Willie Hutchinson (lyrics), Most Known Unknown, performed by Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8 Ball, and MJG), Sony BMG:
   • “Ah, woe is me! Alas, for my kingdom and my kinfolk!” 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 34:
   • ‘You have kinfolks here though. Women. That used to live in this house.’ 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage, published 1993, page 122:

Forms

Relateds

skinfolk

Synonyms

family · relations · relatives

Translations (14)

ru ро́дичи (Relatives) · el συγγενολόι (Relatives) · ru соро́дичи (Relatives) · be радня́ (Relatives) · el σόι (Relatives) · uk рідня́ (Relatives) · ru родня́ (Relatives) · uk ро́дичі (Relatives) · pl krewni (Relatives) · de Verwandtschaft (Relatives) · ru ро́дственники (Relatives) · bg роднини (Relatives) · lou paren (Relatives) · de Verwandte (Relatives)