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From Middle English kynde, kinde, from Old English cynde, ġecynde (“innate, natural, native”), from Old English cynd, ġecynd (“nature, kind”).

From Middle English kynde, kinde, from Old English cynd, ġecynd (“inherent nature, disposition, kind, gender, generation, race”), from Proto-West Germanic *kundi, from Proto-Germanic *kinþiz, related to Proto-Germanic *kunją (“race, kin”) and Old English cennan (“to bear, give birth”). Cognate with Old High German gikunt (“nature, kind”), Icelandic kind (“race, species, kind”). Doublet of gens, genesis, and jati. See also kin.

332 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Esperanto: bonvola — benevolent, courteous, friendly, generous
• Arabic: حَنُون (ḥanūn) — affectionate, nice
• Arabic: لَطِيف (laṭīf) — affectionate, nice
• Arabic: ضريف (ḍrīf) — affectionate, nice
• Armenian: բարի (bari) — affectionate, nice
• Armenian: սիրալիր (siralir) — affectionate, nice
• Belarusian: до́бры (dóbry) — affectionate, nice
• Belarusian: ве́тлівы (vjétlivy) — affectionate, nice
• Belarusian: дружалю́бны (družaljúbny) — affectionate, nice
• Bulgarian: доброду́шен (dobrodúšen) — affectionate, nice
• Bulgarian: любе́зен (ljubézen) — affectionate, nice
• Bulgarian: добъ́р (dobǎ́r) — affectionate, nice
• Bulgarian: сърде́чен (sǎrdéčen) — affectionate, nice
• Catalan: maco — affectionate, nice
• Chinese Mandarin: 親切 /亲切 (qīnqiè) — affectionate, nice
• Chinese Mandarin: 和藹 /和蔼 (hé'ǎi) — affectionate, nice
• Chinese Mandarin: 善良 (shànliáng) — affectionate, nice
• Cornish: kuv — affectionate, nice
• Czech: laskavý — affectionate, nice
• Danish: rar — affectionate, nice
• Danish: venlig — affectionate, nice
• Dutch: aardig — affectionate, nice
• Dutch: leuk — affectionate, nice
• Dutch: lief — affectionate, nice
• Dutch: mooi — affectionate, nice
• Dutch: prettig — affectionate, nice
• Esperanto: amema — affectionate, nice
• Esperanto: aminda — affectionate, nice
• Esperanto: amplena — affectionate, nice
• Finnish: ystävällinen — affectionate, nice
• Finnish: kiltti — affectionate, nice
• French: gentil — affectionate, nice
• French: gentille — affectionate, nice
• German: freundlich — affectionate, nice
• German: gütig — affectionate, nice
• German: lieb — affectionate, nice
• German: liebenswürdig — affectionate, nice
• German: nett — affectionate, nice
• German: aufmerksam — affectionate, nice
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌴𐌻𐍃 (sēls) — affectionate, nice
• Greek: αγαθός (agathós) — affectionate, nice
• Hindi: दया (dayā) — affectionate, nice
• Hungarian: kedves — affectionate, nice
• Icelandic: góður — affectionate, nice
• Icelandic: vinalegur — affectionate, nice
• Indonesian: baik — affectionate, nice
• Irish: cineálta — affectionate, nice
• Irish: dúthrachtach — affectionate, nice
• Italian: gentile — affectionate, nice
• Italian: carino — affectionate, nice
• Japanese: 親切 (shinsetsu) — affectionate, nice
• Japanese: 優しい (yasashii) — affectionate, nice
• Kabuverdianu: roskon — affectionate, nice
• Kazakh: ақ көңіл (aq köñıl) — affectionate, nice
• Korean: 친절하다 (chinjeolhada) — affectionate, nice
• Korean: 착하다 (chakhada) — affectionate, nice
• Latin: benignus — affectionate, nice
• Latin: mitis — affectionate, nice
• Latvian: laipns — affectionate, nice
• Latvian: labs — affectionate, nice
• Latvian: mīļš — affectionate, nice
• Lithuanian: malonus — affectionate, nice
• Lithuanian: mielas — affectionate, nice
• Lithuanian: meilus — affectionate, nice
• Lithuanian: geras — affectionate, nice
• Luxembourgish: léif — affectionate, nice
• Luxembourgish: frëndlech — affectionate, nice
• Macedonian: љубезен (ljubezen) — affectionate, nice
• Malayalam: ദയ (daya) — affectionate, nice
• Maltese: ġentili — affectionate, nice
• Marathi: दयाळू (dayāḷū) — affectionate, nice
• Norwegian: snill — affectionate, nice
• Norwegian: vennlig — affectionate, nice
• Persian: مهربان (mehrabân) — affectionate, nice
• Plautdietsch: leeftolich — affectionate, nice
• Polish: miły — affectionate, nice
• Portuguese: amável — affectionate, nice
• Romanian: bun — affectionate, nice
• Romanian: amabil — affectionate, nice
• Russian: до́брый (dóbryj) — affectionate, nice
• Russian: любе́зный (ljubéznyj) — affectionate, nice
• Russian: серде́чный (serdéčnyj) — affectionate, nice
• Russian: доброжела́тельный (dobroželátelʹnyj) — affectionate, nice
• Russian: дружелю́бный (druželjúbnyj) — affectionate, nice
• Russian: доброду́шный (dobrodúšnyj) — affectionate, nice
• Sanskrit: कृपा (kṛpā) — affectionate, nice
• Scottish Gaelic: coibhneil — affectionate, nice
• Serbo-Croatian: prijatan — affectionate, nice
• Serbo-Croatian: ljubazan — affectionate, nice
• Serbo-Croatian: dobrodušan — affectionate, nice
• Slovak: láskavý — affectionate, nice
• Slovene: prijazen — affectionate, nice
• Spanish: amable — affectionate, nice
• Spanish: bondadoso — affectionate, nice
• Spanish: gentil — affectionate, nice
• Spanish: cariñoso — affectionate, nice
• Swedish: snäll — affectionate, nice
• Swedish: vänlig — affectionate, nice
• Thai: ใจดี (jai-dii) — affectionate, nice
• Ukrainian: до́брий (dóbryj) — affectionate, nice
• Ukrainian: серде́чний (serdéčnyj) — affectionate, nice
• Ukrainian: люб'я́зний (ljubʺjáznyj) — affectionate, nice
• Vietnamese: tốt bụng — affectionate, nice
• Walloon: djinti — affectionate, nice
• Walloon: djinteye — affectionate, nice
• Walloon: vayant — affectionate, nice
• Walloon: vayante — affectionate, nice
• Welsh: caredig — affectionate, nice
• Armenian: բարի (bari) — favorable
• Bulgarian: благоприятен (blagoprijaten) — favorable
• Danish: gunstig — favorable
• Dutch: gunstig — favorable
• Finnish: ystävällinen — favorable
• Finnish: auttavainen — favorable
• Finnish: myötämielinen — favorable
• French: favorable — favorable
• German: lieb — favorable
• German: liebenswürdig — favorable
• German: nett — favorable
• Italian: favorevole — favorable
• Russian: благоприя́тный (blagoprijátnyj) — favorable
• Russian: благоприя́тствующий (blagoprijátstvujuščij) — favorable
• Serbo-Croatian: dobrodušan — favorable
• Bulgarian: любезен (ljubezen) — mild, gentle
• Bulgarian: мил (mil) — mild, gentle
• Catalan: amable — mild, gentle
• Catalan: maco — mild, gentle
• Dutch: mild — mild, gentle
• Finnish: ystävällinen — mild, gentle
• German: mild — mild, gentle
• Ancient Greek: ἤπιος (ḗpios) — mild, gentle
• Russian: мя́гкий (mjáxkij) — mild, gentle
• Russian: ла́сковый (láskovyj) — mild, gentle
• Welsh: mwyn — mild, gentle
• Bulgarian: податлив (podatliv) — gentle; tractable; easily governed
• Bulgarian: послушен (poslušen) — gentle; tractable; easily governed
• Finnish: säyseä — gentle; tractable; easily governed
• Finnish: sävyisä — gentle; tractable; easily governed
• Italian: mansueto — gentle; tractable; easily governed
• Russian: пода́тливый (podátlivyj) — gentle; tractable; easily governed
• Russian: покла́дистый (pokládistyj) — gentle; tractable; easily governed
• Russian: поко́рный (pokórnyj) — gentle; tractable; easily governed
• Russian: послу́шный (poslúšnyj) — gentle; tractable; easily governed
• Ukrainian: слухня́ний (sluxnjányj) — gentle; tractable; easily governed
• Bulgarian: присъщ (prisǎšt) — belonging to one's nature
• Finnish: oma — belonging to one's nature
• Finnish: ominainen — belonging to one's nature
• Russian: прису́щий (prisúščij) — belonging to one's nature
• Russian: сво́йственный (svójstvennyj) — belonging to one's nature
• Afrikaans: soort — type, race, category
• Afrikaans: tipe — type, race, category
• Albanian: lloj — type, race, category
• Albanian: soj — type, race, category
• Arabic: نوع — type, race, category
• Armenian: տեսակ (tesak) — type, race, category
• Aromanian: soie — type, race, category
• Assamese: ধৰণ (dhoron) — type, race, category
• Basque: genero — type, race, category
• Basque: klase — type, race, category
• Basque: tipo — type, race, category
• Bengali: প্রকার (prokar) — type, race, category
• Bengali: প্রজাতি (projati) — type, race, category
• Buginese: jinisi — type, race, category
• Bulgarian: вид (vid) — type, race, category
• Bulgarian: сорт (sort) — type, race, category
• Bulgarian: раса (rasa) — type, race, category
• Bulgarian: порода (poroda) — type, race, category
• Burmese: မျိုး (myui:) — type, race, category
• Catalan: tipus — type, race, category
• Catalan: gènere — type, race, category
• Catalan: classe — type, race, category
• Chinese Cantonese: 類 /类 (leoi6) — type, race, category
• Chinese Mandarin: 類 /类 (lèi) — type, race, category
• Maore Comorian: aina — type, race, category
• Danish: slags — type, race, category
• Danish: art — type, race, category
• Dutch: soort — type, race, category
• Dutch: type — type, race, category
• Esperanto: speco — type, race, category
• Estonian: liik — type, race, category
• Estonian: sort — type, race, category
• Estonian: tõug — type, race, category
• Finnish: laji — type, race, category
• Finnish: laatu — type, race, category
• Finnish: luokka — type, race, category
• Finnish: tyyppi — type, race, category
• Finnish: -lainen — type, race, category
• French: genre — type, race, category
• French: sorte — type, race, category
• French: acabit — type, race, category
• Georgian: ჯიში (ǯiši) — type, race, category
• Georgian: ტიპი (ṭiṗi) — type, race, category
• Georgian: სახეობა (saxeoba) — type, race, category
• German: Art — type, race, category
• German: Sorte — type, race, category
• Ancient Greek: εἶδος (eîdos) — type, race, category
• Hawaiian: ʻano — type, race, category
• Hebrew: מִין (min) — type, race, category
• Hindi: तरह (tarah) — type, race, category
• Hindi: प्रकार (prakār) — type, race, category
• Hindi: दयालु (dayālu) — type, race, category
• Hungarian: fajta — type, race, category
• Hungarian: típus — type, race, category
• Icelandic: gerð — type, race, category
• Icelandic: tegund — type, race, category
• Ingrian: sorttu — type, race, category
• Irish: gné — type, race, category
• Irish: sórt — type, race, category
• Old Irish: cenéle — type, race, category
• Italian: genere — type, race, category
• Italian: tipo — type, race, category
• Japanese: 種類 (shurui) — type, race, category
• Javanese: bangsa — type, race, category
• Javanese: jinis — type, race, category
• Javanese: rupa — type, race, category
• Javanese: warna — type, race, category
• Javanese: warni — type, race, category
• Khmer: ប្រភេទ (prɑɑpheit) — type, race, category
• Korean: 종류 (jongnyu) — type, race, category
• Central Kurdish: جۆڕ (corr) — type, race, category
• Lao: ຊະນິດ (sa nit) — type, race, category
• Latin: genus — type, race, category
• Latvian: suga — type, race, category
• Latvian: šķirne — type, race, category
• Latvian: veids — type, race, category
• Lithuanian: rūšis — type, race, category
• Lithuanian: veislė — type, race, category
• Low German: Art — type, race, category
• Luxembourgish: Aart — type, race, category
• Luxembourgish: Zort — type, race, category
• Luxembourgish: Genre — type, race, category
• Makasar: jinisi — type, race, category
• Malay: jenis — type, race, category
• Maltese: razza — type, race, category
• Manchu: ᡥᠠᠴᡳᠨ (hacin) — type, race, category
• Māori: kano — type, race, category
• Marathi: प्रकार (prakār) — type, race, category
• Mongolian: төрөл (töröl) — type, race, category
• Mongolian: төрөл зүйл (töröl züjl) — type, race, category
• Mongolian: зүйл (züjl) — type, race, category
• Nanai: хачин (hačin) — type, race, category
• Norwegian: slag — type, race, category
• Oromo: gosa — type, race, category
• Persian: گونه (gune) — type, race, category
• Persian: نوع (now') — type, race, category
• Persian: تیپ (tip) — type, race, category
• Plautdietsch: Sort — type, race, category
• Polish: typ — type, race, category
• Polish: rasa — type, race, category
• Polish: rodzaj — type, race, category
• Polish: autorament — type, race, category
• Portuguese: tipo — type, race, category
• Portuguese: categoria — type, race, category
• Portuguese: género — type, race, category
• Portuguese: raça — type, race, category
• Portuguese: classe — type, race, category
• Punjabi: ਵਰਗ (varag) — type, race, category
• Punjabi: ਕਿਸਮ (kisam) — type, race, category
• Romanian: fel — type, race, category
• Romanian: gen — type, race, category
• Russian: вид (vid) — type, race, category
• Russian: разнови́дность (raznovídnostʹ) — type, race, category
• Russian: сорт (sort) — type, race, category
• Russian: род (rod) — type, race, category
• Russian: тип (tip) — type, race, category
• Scottish Gaelic: gnè — type, race, category
• Scottish Gaelic: seòrsa — type, race, category
• Somali: nooc — type, race, category
• Spanish: género — type, race, category
• Spanish: forma — type, race, category
• Spanish: índole — type, race, category
• Spanish: calaña — type, race, category
• Spanish: ralea (can be pejorative) — type, race, category
• Spanish: laya — type, race, category
• Spanish: jaez — type, race, category
• Spanish: estofa — type, race, category
• Spanish: rubro — type, race, category
• Swedish: sort — type, race, category
• Swedish: slag — type, race, category
• Swedish: typ — type, race, category
• Swedish: art — type, race, category
• Tagalog: uri — type, race, category
• Telugu: రకము (rakamu) — type, race, category
• Telugu: జాతి (jāti) — type, race, category
• Thai: ชนิด (chá-nít) — type, race, category
• Thai: ประเภท (bprà-pêet) — type, race, category
• Thai: อย่าง (yàang) — type, race, category
• Turkish: tür — type, race, category
• Ottoman Turkish: جنس (cins) — type, race, category
• Ottoman Turkish: چشید (çeşid) — type, race, category
• Ottoman Turkish: نوع (nevʼ) — type, race, category
• Ottoman Turkish: فن (fenn) — type, race, category
• Ottoman Turkish: صنف (sınf, sınıf) — type, race, category
• Ottoman Turkish: صوی (soy) — type, race, category
• Ukrainian: вид (vyd) — type, race, category
• Ukrainian: тип (typ) — type, race, category
• Urdu: نوع (nū') — type, race, category
• Venetan: sòrt — type, race, category
• Venetan: sòrta — type, race, category
• Vietnamese: loại — type, race, category
• Welsh: math — type, race, category
• Dutch: soort — atypical specimen
• Finnish: eräänlainen — atypical specimen
• Finnish: jonkinlainen — atypical specimen
• German: Art — atypical specimen
• Hungarian: valami — atypical specimen
• Icelandic: eins konar — atypical specimen
• Irish: cineál — atypical specimen
• Irish: saghas — atypical specimen
• Italian: specie — atypical specimen
• Swahili: aina — atypical specimen
• Swedish: sorts — atypical specimen
• Bulgarian: разновидност (raznovidnost) — character or nature
• Bulgarian: качество (kačestvo) — character or nature
• Catalan: tipus — character or nature
• Danish: natur — character or nature
• Dutch: aard — character or nature
• Dutch: natuur — character or nature
• Dutch: slag — character or nature
• Finnish: laatu — character or nature
• Finnish: -lainen — character or nature
• Finnish: luonne — character or nature
• Italian: risma — character or nature
• Italian: tacca — character or nature
• Italian: stampo — character or nature
• Persian: خیم (xim) — character or nature
• Polish: typ — character or nature
• Polish: rodzaj — character or nature
• Russian: ка́чество (káčestvo) — character or nature
• Russian: приро́да (priróda) — character or nature
• Russian: хара́ктер (xarákter) — character or nature
• Russian: су́щность (súščnostʹ) — character or nature