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1. (adj.) cognate
related by birth; of the same parentage or descent.
2. cognate
descended from the same language or form:
such cognate languages as French and Spanish.
3. cognate
allied or similar in nature or quality.
4. (n.) cognate
a person or thing cognate with another.
5. cognate
a cognate word: The English word cold is a cognate of German kalt.
Etymology: (1635–45; < L cognātus=co-co - +-gnātus, ptp. of (g)nāscī to be born)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) blood relation, blood relative, cognate, sib
one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another
2. (adj) cognate, cognate word
a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
3. (adj) connate, cognate
related in nature
"connate qualities"
4. (adj) cognate
having the same ancestral language
"cognate languages"
5. (adj) akin(p), blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineous, consanguineal, kin(p)
related by blood
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) cognate
allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law), related on the mother's side
2. (adj) cognate
of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root; allied; kindred; as, a cognate language
3. (noun) cognate
one who is related to another on the female side
4. (noun) cognate
one of a number of things allied in origin or nature; as, certain letters are cognates
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