parenté

Definitions of parenté
  1. noun
    (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
    synonyms: liens de parenté
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    affinité
    (biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts
    descendance, filiation
    the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
    affinité, parenté par alliance
    (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship
    consanguinité, lien du sang, liens de famille, liens de parenté
    (anthropology) related by blood
    origine
    the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents
    paternité
    the kinship relation between an offspring and the father
    maternité
    the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother
    fraternité
    the kinship relation between a male offspring and the siblings
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    rapport, relation
    an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
  2. noun
    the property of being close together
    synonyms: proximité
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    proximité
    the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance
  3. noun
    a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character
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    affabilité, amabilité, bienveillance, compassion, cordialité
    a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other
    compréhension mutuelle
    sympathy of each person for the other
    type of:
    rapport, relation
    an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
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