affinal
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin affīnis (“kindred”) + -al.
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -aɪnəl
Adjective
editaffinal (not comparable)
- (anthropology) Of a family relationship by marriage of a relative (or through affinity), as opposed to consanguinity; in-law.
- Antonym: consanguine
- 2018, Daniel Elazar, Kinship in the Admiralty Islands, Routledge, →ISBN:
- The names of their affinal relatives must be avoided in speaking either to a man or woman, or even when speaking in their presence.
Further reading
edit- “affinal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.