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Closest blood relative, heir to inheritance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Lord Bentley has passed away; notify the next of kin.
- Shall we inform the next of kin of his passing?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Close friend, spouse, or partner (for example on a hospital admission form), one of someone's close ones.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: loved one, near relative, close one
Antonyms: none provided
the person who is (or persons who are) most closely related to a given person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: relative, relation
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
直系親屬 /直系亲属
(zhíxì qīnshǔ)
— closest blood relative, often heir to inheritance
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Chinese Mandarin:
最近親屬 /最近亲属
(zuìjìn qīnshǔ)
— closest blood relative, often heir to inheritance
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Dutch:
naaste verwant
— closest blood relative, often heir to inheritance
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Finnish:
lähiomainen
— closest blood relative, often heir to inheritance
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French:
parent
— closest blood relative, often heir to inheritance
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German:
Angehöriger
— closest blood relative, often heir to inheritance
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German:
Angehörige
— closest blood relative, often heir to inheritance
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Icelandic:
nánasti ættingi
— closest blood relative, often heir to inheritance
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Italian:
parente prossimo
— closest blood relative, often heir to inheritance
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Italian:
parente stretto
— closest blood relative, often heir to inheritance
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Italian:
familiare stretto
— closest blood relative, often heir to inheritance
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Norwegian Bokmål:
nærmeste pårørende
— closest blood relative, often heir to inheritance
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
næraste pårørande
— closest blood relative, often heir to inheritance
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Persian:
خویشاوندان نزدیک
(xišâvandân-e nazdik)
— closest blood relative, often heir to inheritance
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Polish:
najbliższy krewny
— closest blood relative, often heir to inheritance
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Portuguese:
parente mais próximo
— closest blood relative, often heir to inheritance
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Spanish:
pariente más cercano
— closest blood relative, often heir to inheritance
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Spanish:
pariente más próximo
— closest blood relative, often heir to inheritance
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Spanish:
allegado
— closest blood relative, often heir to inheritance
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Turkish:
birinci dereceden akraba
— closest blood relative, often heir to inheritance
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Ukrainian:
найбли́жчий ро́дич
(najblýžčyj ródyč)
— closest blood relative, often heir to inheritance
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Chinese Mandarin:
直系親屬 /直系亲属
(zhíxì qīnshǔ)
— spouse, close friend, close relative
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Chinese Mandarin:
最近親屬 /最近亲属
(zuìjìn qīnshǔ)
— spouse, close friend, close relative
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Danish:
pårørende
— spouse, close friend, close relative
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Finnish:
lähiomainen
— spouse, close friend, close relative
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Finnish:
läheinen
— spouse, close friend, close relative
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Finnish:
omainen
— spouse, close friend, close relative
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French:
proche
— spouse, close friend, close relative
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German:
Angehöriger
— spouse, close friend, close relative
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Norwegian Bokmål:
pårørende
— spouse, close friend, close relative
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
pårørande
— spouse, close friend, close relative
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Spanish:
allegado
— spouse, close friend, close relative
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Spanish:
ser querido
— spouse, close friend, close relative
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Spanish:
deudo
— spouse, close friend, close relative
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Swedish:
anhörig
— spouse, close friend, close relative
