noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/kɒnsaŋˈɡwɪnɪti/
Received-Pronunciation:/kɒnsaŋˈɡwɪnəti/
General-American:/kɑnsæŋˈɡwɪnɪti/
General-American:/kɑnsæŋˈɡwɪnəti/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A consanguineous or family relationship through parentage or descent. A blood relationship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
1776, United States Declaration of Independence They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Inbreeding
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
(anthropology) related by blood
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blood kinship, cognation
Antonyms: affinity
Broader terms: kinship, family relationship, relationship
History
Etymology
From Middle English consanguinytee, consanguinite, consanguinyte, from Old French consanguinité and Latin cōnsanguinitātem, accusative of Latin cōnsanguinitās, from cōnsanguineus, from Latin com- (“together”) + sanguineus (“of or pertaining to blood”), from Latin sanguis (“blood”).
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
قَرَابَة عَصَب
— a blood relationship
Arabic:
قَرَابَة دَم
— a blood relationship
Arabic:
قرابة
(ʔarāba)
— a blood relationship
Catalan:
consanguinitat
— a blood relationship
Chinese Mandarin:
同族
(tóngzú)
— a blood relationship
Coptic:
ⲣⲁϯ
(rati)
— a blood relationship
Danish:
konsangvinitet
— a blood relationship
Danish:
blodslægtskab
— a blood relationship
Dutch:
bloedverwantschap
— a blood relationship
Finnish:
verisukulaisuus
— a blood relationship
Finnish:
veriheimolaisuus
— a blood relationship
Finnish:
veriveljeys
— a blood relationship
French:
consanguinité
— a blood relationship
Georgian:
სისხლით ნათესაობა
(sisxlit natesaoba)
— a blood relationship
German:
Blutsverwandtschaft
— a blood relationship
Greek:
συγγένεια εξ αίματος
(syngéneia ex aímatos)
— a blood relationship
Hebrew:
קרבת־דם
(qirvat-dam)
— a blood relationship
Hungarian:
vérrokonság
— a blood relationship
Italian:
consanguinità
— a blood relationship
Japanese:
血族
(ketsuzoku)
— a blood relationship
Korean:
동족
(dongjok)
— a blood relationship
Latin:
cōnsanguinitās
— a blood relationship
Manx:
mooinjerys folley
— a blood relationship
Norwegian:
konsangvinitet
— a blood relationship
Polish:
pokrewieństwo
— a blood relationship
Portuguese:
consanguinidade
— a blood relationship
Romanian:
consangvinitate
— a blood relationship
Romanian:
consanguinitate
— a blood relationship
Russian:
кро́вные у́зы
(króvnyje úzy)
— a blood relationship
Russian:
кро́вное родство́
(króvnoje rodstvó)
— a blood relationship
