Cognate - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈkɑːɡneɪt|
Brit.
|ˈkɒɡneɪt|
noun
- one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another (syn: sib)
- a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
- a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
adjective
- related in nature (syn: connate)
- having the same ancestral language
- having the same ancestral language
cognate languages
- related by blood (syn: akin, consanguine, consanguineous, kin)Extra examples
English “eat” and German “essen” are cognate.
Spanish and French are cognate languages.
Comets and meteors are cognate.
The German 'Hund' is a cognate of the English 'hound'.
Word forms
noun
singular: cognate
plural: cognates
singular: cognate
plural: cognates
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