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cognate — [käg′nāt΄] adj. [L cognatus, related by birth < co , together + gnatus, pp. of gnasci, older form of nasci, to be born: see GENUS] 1. related by family; having the same ancestor 2. having the same nature or quality 3. Linguis. related through… … English World dictionary
cognate — cognateness, n. cognatic /kog nat ik/, adj. /kog nayt/, adj. 1. related by birth; of the same parentage, descent, etc. 2. Ling. descended from the same language or form: such cognate languages as French and Spanish. 3. allied or similar in nature … Universalium
cognate — cog•nate [[t]ˈkɒg neɪt[/t]] adj. 1) related by birth; of the same parentage or descent 2) ling. descended from the same language or form: such cognate languages as French and Spanish[/ex] 3) allied or similar in nature or quality 4) a person or… … From formal English to slang
cognate — adj. & n. adj. 1 related to or descended from a common ancestor (cf. AGNATE). 2 Philol. (of a word) having the same linguistic family or derivation (as another); representing the same original word or root (e.g. English father, German Vater,… … Useful english dictionary
cognate — [ kɒgneɪt] adjective 1》 Linguistics (of a word) having the same linguistic derivation as another (e.g. English father, German Vater, Latin pater). 2》 formal related; connected. ↘related to or descended from a common ancestor. Compare with… … English new terms dictionary
Cognate — For other uses, see Cognate (disambiguation). In linguistics, cognates are words that have a common etymological origin. This learned term derives from the Latin cognatus (blood relative).[1] Cognates within the same language are called doublets … Wikipedia
cognate — I UK [ˈkɒɡneɪt] / US [ˈkɑɡˌneɪt] noun [countable] Word forms cognate : singular cognate plural cognates linguistics a word in a language that has the same origin as a word in a different language II UK [ˈkɒɡneɪt] / US [ˈkɑɡˌneɪt] adjective 1)… … English dictionary
cognate — cog|nate1 [ˈkɔgneıt US ˈka:g ] adj technical [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: cognatus, from co ( CO ) + gnatus born ] cognate words or languages have the same origin cognate 2 cognate2 n technical a word in one language that has the same… … Dictionary of contemporary English
cognate — 1 adjective cognate words or languages have the same origin 2 noun (C) a word in one language that has the same origin as a word in another language: The German hund is a cognate of the English hound … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
word — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Written communication Nouns 1. word, term, expression, locution, linguistic unit or form, word form, lexeme; homonym, synonym, antonym, heteronym, homophone; syllable, monosyllable, polysyllable; stem,… … English dictionary for students
