English Explanatory Dictionary

kind

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
  2. A makeshift or otherwise atypical specimen.
  3. One's inherent nature; character, natural disposition.
  4. Family, lineage.
  5. Manner.
  6. Goods or services used as payment, as e.g. in barter.
  7. Equivalent means used as response to an action.
  8. Each of the two elements of the communion service, bread and wine.
  9. The type of a type constructor or a higher-order type operator.
  10. Food in a particular category.
adj
  1. Having a benevolent, courteous, friendly, generous, gentle, liberal, sympathetic, or warm-hearted nature or disposition, marked by consideration for – and service to – others.
  2. Affectionate.
  3. Favorable.
  4. Mild, gentle, forgiving
  5. Gentle; tractable; easily governed.
  6. Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.

Pronunciation

kīnd /kaɪnd/ en-us-kind.ogg

Word forms

kind kinds kinde kynd kynde kinder kindest

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

genre sort type derivative generation offspring child

Related words

kin kindhood kindred kinship

Derived words

any old kind of way blood kind breadkind error of the first kind error of the second kind first-of-its-kind five-of-a-kind five of a kind four of a kind four-of-a-kind grant-in-kind grant in kind in-kind in kind -kind kinda kind of kind of like many-kinded of a kind of its kind one kind one-of-a-kind one of a kind perpetual motion machine of the first kind perpetual motion machine of the second kind some kind of Stirling number of the second kind subkind three-of-a-kind three of a kind two-of-a-kind two of a kind underkind what kind of what kind of music do you like be cruel to be kind be kind, rewind kindful kindhearted kindish kindless kindly kindness kind regards kindship kindsome overkind totally kind day unkind would you be so kind as to you get more with a kind word and a gun than you do with a kind word alone

Translations

Afrikaans: soort Afrikaans: tipe Albanian: lloj Albanian: soj Arabic: نوع Armenian: տեսակ Aromanian: soie Assamese: ধৰণ Basque: genero Basque: klase Basque: tipo Bengali: প্রকার Bengali: প্রজাতি Buginese: jinisi Bulgarian: вид Bulgarian: сорт Bulgarian: раса Bulgarian: порода Burmese: မျိုး Catalan: tipus Catalan: gènere Catalan: classe Chinese Cantonese: 類 /类 Chinese Mandarin: 類 /类 Maore Comorian: aina Danish: slags Danish: art Dutch: soort Dutch: type Esperanto: speco Estonian: liik Estonian: sort Estonian: tõug Finnish: laji Finnish: laatu Finnish: luokka Finnish: tyyppi Finnish: -lainen French: genre French: sorte French: acabit Georgian: ჯიში Georgian: ტიპი Georgian: სახეობა German: Art German: Sorte Ancient Greek: εἶδος Hawaiian: ʻano Hebrew: מִין Hindi: तरह Hindi: प्रकार Hindi: दयालु Hungarian: fajta Hungarian: típus Icelandic: gerð Icelandic: tegund Ingrian: sorttu Irish: gné Irish: sórt Old Irish: cenéle Italian: genere Italian: tipo Japanese: 種類 Javanese: bangsa Javanese: jinis Javanese: rupa Javanese: warna Javanese: warni Khmer: ប្រភេទ Korean: 종류 Central Kurdish: جۆڕ Lao: ຊະນິດ Latin: genus
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