Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kinfolk

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English

Syllables: kin-folk
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Relatives, relations.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"‘You have kinfolks here though. Women. That used to live in this house.’"
"“Ah, woe is me! Alas, for my kingdom and my kinfolk!”"
"That says something about the nature of man—his fantasies of death that get enacted into the slaughter of man by man—kinfolk or strangers in droves—on every possible mindless occasion."
"I'm in the 'land gettin' smoked with my kinfolk"
"Three 6 Mafia, them my kinfolk."

Etymology

From kin + folk.

Usage

Inflected Forms

kinfolks (plural) kinsfolk (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

skinfolk

Synonyms

family relations relatives family line folk kinsfolk sept phratry

Questions

What does kinfolk mean?: Relatives, relations.
Where does kinfolk come from?: From kin + folk.

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