Phrase guide

blood relation

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who is related through birth, as opposed to marriage or adoption.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blood relative, cognate, sib

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: relative, relation

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: صِلَة الدَّم الوَاحِد (ṣilat ad-dam al-wāḥid) — person
  • Bulgarian: кръвен роднина (krǎven rodnina) — person
  • Bulgarian: кръвна роднина (krǎvna rodnina) — person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 血親 /血亲 (xuèqīn) — person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 骨肉 (gǔròu) — person
  • Finnish: verisukulainen — person
  • German: Blutsverwandter — person
  • German: Blutsverwandte — person
  • German: Blutsfreund — person
  • German: Blutsfreundin — person
  • Greek: rest — person
  • Hungarian: vérrokon — person
  • Indonesian: hubungan darah — person
  • Italian: parente stretto — person
  • Japanese: 血族 (ketsuzoku) — person
  • Japanese: 肉親 (nikushin) — person
  • Japanese: 骨肉 (kotsuniku) — person
  • Manx: mooinjer folley — person
  • Māori: eweewe — person
  • Māori: rauru whanaunga — person
  • Māori: pitototo — person
  • Polish: pokrewieństwo — person
  • Russian: кро́вное родство́ (króvnoje rodstvó) — person
  • Russian: кро́вная ро́дственница (króvnaja ródstvennica) — person
  • Turkish: akraba — person
  • Venetan: parente strento — person
  • Volapük: bludaröletan — person
  • Volapük: bludahiröletan — person
  • Volapük: bludajiröletan — person