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kind

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English

English Wikipedia has articles on: Kind

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Etymology

From Old English cynde, cynd (“generation”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

kind (comparative kinder, superlative kindest)

  1. Affectionate, showing benevolence.
  2. Favorable.
  3. mild, gentle, forgiving
    The years have been kind to Richard Gere; he ages well.

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terms derived from kind (adjective)

Noun

kind (plural kinds)

  1. A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
    What kind of a person are you?
    This is a strange kind of tobacco.
  2. A makeshift or otherwise atypical specimen.
    The opening served as a kind of window.
    • 1884, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter VIII
      I got my traps out of the canoe and made me a nice camp in the thick woods. I made a kind of a tent out of my blankets to put my things under so the rain couldn't get at them.
  3. (archaic) One's inherent nature; character, natural disposition.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book III:
      why haue ye slayne my houndes said syr gauayne, for they dyd but their kynde [...].
  4. Goods or services used as payment, as e.g. in a barter.
    to pay in kind
  5. Equivalent means used as response to an action.
    I'll pay in kind for his insult.

Usage notes

In sense “goods or services” or “equivalent means”, used almost exclusively with “in” in expression in kind.

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Translations

type, race, category
character or nature
atypical specimen
  • Swahili: aina (sw)
somewhat
goods and services as payment
  • Danish: naturalier (da)
  • Dutch: natura
equivalent means as response
  • Dutch: gelijke munt
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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse kinn, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenu- (“cheek”).

Pronunciation

Noun

kind c. (singular definite kinden, plural indefinite kinder)

  1. cheek

Inflection

Inflection of kind
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative kind kinden kinder kinderne
genitive kinds kindens kinders kindernes

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on: Kind

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Etymology

From Middle Dutch kint, from Old Dutch kint, from Proto-Germanic *kindan (“offspring”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁tóm (“that which is produced, that which is given birth to”), substantivised form of *ǵenh₁tós (“produced, given birth”), from *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, to give birth”). Cognate with Latin genitus.

Pronunciation

Noun

kind n. (plural kinderen, diminutive kindje)

  1. child, kid, non-adult human
  2. descendant, still a minor or irrespective of age
    In sommige patriarchale tradities blijven kinderen levenslang onvoorwaardelijk onderworpen aan het vaderlijk gezag, zoals aanvankelijk in het Oude Rome, in andere houdt een zoon op kind te zijn door zijn eigen gezin te stichten
    In certain patriarchal traditions, children remain subject to unconditional paternal authority for life, as originally in Ancient Rome, in other ones a son ceases to be a child by founding his own family
  3. (figuratively) product of influence, breeding etc.

Usage notes

In compounds, the stem of this word can be the irregular form kinder- or the more regular form kind-. The former is used more often, however.

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Icelandic

Icelandic Wikipedia has an article on: Kind

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Etymology

From Old Norse kind, from Proto-Germanic *kindō, cognate with Latin gēns (“clan, tribe”). The sense of “sheep” is derived from the compound sauðkind, literally “sheep-kind”.

Pronunciation

Noun

kind f. (genitive singular kindar, plural kindur)

  1. (obsolete) race, kind, kin
  2. a sheep (especially a ewe)
  3. (dated) used as a term of disparagement for a girl (or woman)

Declension

declension of kind
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kind kindin kindur kindurnar
accusative kind kindina kindur kindurnar
dative kind kindinni kindum kindunum
genitive kindar kindarinnar kinda kindanna

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse kinn, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenu- (“cheek”).

Pronunciation

Noun

kind c.

  1. (anatomy) cheek; a part of the face.

Declension

Declension of kind
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kind kinden kinder kinderna
genitive kinds kindens kinders kindernas

 

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