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consanguineous

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /kɒnsaŋˈɡwɪni.əs/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /kɒnsaŋˈɡwɪnjəs/
  • General-American: /kɑnsæŋˈɡwɪni.əs/
  • General-American: /kɑnsæŋˈɡwɪnjəs/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • 2002, B. Modell and A. Darr, "Science and society: genetic counselling and customary consanguineous marriage," Nature Reviews: Genetics, vol 3. no. 3 (Mar.), p. 225, Consanguineous marriage is customary in many societies, but leads to an increased birth prevalence of infants with severe recessive disorders.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: consanguine, consanguineal, same-blooded

Antonyms: affinal

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

related by blood

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: akin(p), blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineal, kin(p)

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin consanguineus (with English -ous), from con- (“together”) + sanguineus (“of or pertaining to blood”), from sanguis (“blood”). Equivalent to con- + sanguineous.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: ро́днасны (ródnasny) — related by birth
  • Belarusian: аднакро́ўны (adnakrówny) — related by birth
  • Belarusian: адзінакро́ўны (adzinakrówny) — related by birth
  • Catalan: consanguini — related by birth
  • Catalan: carnal — related by birth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同宗的 (tóngzōng de) — related by birth
  • Danish: blodsbeslægtet — related by birth
  • Dutch: bloedverwant — related by birth
  • Dutch: consanguin — related by birth
  • Finnish: verisukulainen — related by birth
  • French: consanguin — related by birth
  • German: blutsverwandt — related by birth
  • German: konsanguin — related by birth
  • German: leiblich — related by birth
  • Hungarian: édes- — related by birth
  • Hungarian: vér szerinti — related by birth
  • Italian: consanguineo — related by birth
  • Māori: kōpūtahi — related by birth
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjødelig — related by birth
  • Polish: pokrewny — related by birth
  • Polish: spokrewniony — related by birth
  • Portuguese: carnal — related by birth
  • Portuguese: consanguíneo — related by birth
  • Romanian: consangvin — related by birth
  • Russian: ро́дственный (ródstvennyj) — related by birth
  • Russian: единокро́вный (jedinokróvnyj) — related by birth
  • Spanish: carnal — related by birth
  • Spanish: consanguíneo — related by birth
  • Turkish: akraba — related by birth
  • Ukrainian: роди́нний (rodýnnyj) — related by birth
  • Ukrainian: однокро́вний (odnokróvnyj) — related by birth
  • Ukrainian: єдинокро́вний (jedynokróvnyj) — related by birth
  • Vietnamese: cận huyết — related by birth
  • Welsh: cydwaed — related by birth
  • Welsh: cytras — related by birth