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- Dictionarycog·nate/ˈkäɡˌnāt/
adjective
- 1. (of a word) having the same linguistic derivation as another; from the same original word or root (e.g., English is, German ist, Latin est, from Indo-European esti): "the term is obviously cognate with the Malay"
- 2. related; connected: formal "cognate subjects such as physics and chemistry" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. a cognate word.
- 2. a blood relative.
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1. : of the same or similar nature : generically alike. the cognate fields of film and theater. 2. : related by blood. a family cognate with another. also : related on the mother's side. 3. a. : related by descent from the same ancestral language. Spanish and French are cognate languages. b.
a word that has the same origin as another word, or is related in some way to another word. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of cognate from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of cognate. cognate.
Jun 30, 2008 · A cognate is a word that is related in origin to another word, such as the English word brother and the German word bruder or the English word history and the Spanish word historia. The words were derived from the same source; thus, they are cognates (like cousins tracing their ancestry).
noun. a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language. synonyms: cognate word. see more. Pronunciation. US. /ˌkɑgˈneɪt/
adjective. related by birth; of the same parentage, descent, etc. Linguistics. descended from the same language or form: such cognate languages as French and Spanish. allied or similar in nature or quality. noun. a person or thing cognate with another. a cognate word: The English word cold is a cognate of German kalt. cognate. / ˈkɒɡneɪt /
a word that has the same origin as another word, or is related in some way to another word. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of cognate from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of cognate. cognate. So what we use are what are called cognates. From NPR.
In historical linguistics, cognates or lexical cognates are sets of words that have been inherited in direct descent from an etymological ancestor in a common parent language.
1. akin; related. cognate languages. 2. related by blood or descended from a common maternal ancestor. Compare agnate. 3. See cognate object. noun. 4. something that is cognate with something else. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Derived forms. cognately (ˈcognately) adverb. cognateness (ˈcognateness) noun.
Having the same nature or quality. Webster's New World. Related in origin, as certain words in genetically related languages descended from the same ancestral root; for example, English name and Latin nōmen from Indo-European *nō̆-men-. American Heritage.
What does the word cognate mean? There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the word cognate. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. cognate has developed meanings and uses in subjects including.
