English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “kin”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for kin is kin, with 0 possible break points in this result.

US English hyphenation
kin
1 segments0 break points
British English pattern result kin The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Wordkin
Hyphenationkin
Break points0
Part of speechnoun · adjective · suffix
Pronunciationkɪn
Meaning & usage

What does “kin” mean?

kin: one's family and relations.

Headwordkin
Part of speechnoun · adjective · suffix
Pronunciationkɪn
1
noun

one's family and relations.

Example: “many elderly people have no kin to turn to for assistance”

Synonyms:
clan connections family folks kindred kinsfolk people relations relatives tribe family members kinsmen/kinswomen +3 more
2
adjective

(of a person) related.

Example: “he was kin to the brothers”

Synonyms:
akin allied close consanguine consanguineous related cognate with connected with
3
suffix

forming diminutive nouns such as bumpkin, catkin.

Word breaks

How “kin” is split

kin

For US English, the hyphenation result is kin. This gives 0 possible line-break points in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

Quick answers

Questions about “kin”

How do you hyphenate “kin”?

In the US-English result used here, kin is hyphenated as kin.

Where can “kin” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 0 possible break points.

What does “kin” mean?

one's family and relations.

Can you use “kin” in a sentence?

“many elderly people have no kin to turn to for assistance”

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