patrikin

Questions about patrikin

What does patrikin mean?

patrikin means "one related on the father's side".

How many syllables are in patrikin?

patrikin has 3 syllables and divides as pa-tri-kin under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for patrikin?

Close synonyms include agnate, patrilineal kin, patrisib, patrilineal sib. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is patrikin a common word?

patrikin is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.