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Definition of 'cognate'

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cognate

(kɒgneɪt )
adjective
Cognate things are related to each other.
[formal]
...cognate words.
[Also + with]
Synonyms: related, similar, allied, associated   More Synonyms of cognate
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cognate in British

(ˈkɒɡneɪt )
adjective
1. 
akin; related
cognate languages
2. 
related by blood or descended from a common maternal ancestor
Compare agnate
3.  cognate object
noun
4. 
something that is cognate with something else
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Derived forms
cognately (ˈcognately)
  adverb
cognateness (ˈcognateness)
  noun
cognation (cogˈnation)
  noun
Word origin of 'cognate'
C17: from Latin cognātus, from co- same + gnātus born, variant of nātus, past participle of nāscī to be born
Word Frequency

cognate in American

(ˈkɑgˌneɪt ; kägˈnātˌ)
adjective
1. 
related by family; having the same ancestor
2. 
having the same nature or quality
3.  Linguistics
related through the same source; derived from a common original form
English apple and German apfel are cognate words; English and Flemish are cognate languages
noun
4. 
a. 
a person related to another through common ancestry
b. 
a relative on the mother's side
5. 
a cognate word, language, or thing
SIMILAR WORDS:  reˈlated
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Word origin of 'cognate'
L cognatus, related by birth < co-, together + gnatus, pp. of gnasci, older form of nasci, to be born: see genus

Example sentences containing 'cognate'

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The word anchoress is a cognate of a Greek verb that means `to retire. Newbery, Linda RIDDLE ME THIS (1993)

Trends of 'cognate'

Used Occasionally. cognate is one of the 30000 most commonly used words in the Collins dictionary

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Nearby words of 'cognate'

  • cogito
  • cogito, ergo sum
  • Cognac
  • cognate
  • cognate object
  • cognation
  • cognisance

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Related Terms of 'cognate'

  • cognate object

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Definition of cognate from the Collins English Dictionary

Verbal nouns

The verbal noun is the -ing form, i.e. the present participle of the verb, used as a noun. It can be used in all the places that a noun can be used, but still keeps some characteristics of the verb. ...
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