What does cognate word mean?
Definitions for cognate word
cog·nate word
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word cognate word.
Princeton's WordNet
cognate, cognate wordnoun
a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
Wikipedia
cognate word
In historical linguistics, cognates or lexical cognates are sets of words in different languages that have been inherited in direct descent from an etymological ancestor in a common parent language. Because language change can have radical effects on both the sound and the meaning of a word, cognates may not be obvious, and often it takes rigorous study of historical sources and the application of the comparative method to establish whether lexemes are cognate. Cognates are distinguished from loanwords, where a word has been borrowed from another language. The term cognate derives from the Latin noun cognatus 'blood relative'.
ChatGPT
cognate word
A cognate word is a word that has a common etymological origin with another word or words in the same or different languages. In other words, they are words that are derived from a common linguistic root or ancestor. For example, 'night' in English, 'nacht' in German, and 'nuit' in French are all cognates because they all come from the same Proto-Indo-European word for night.
Matched Categories
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of cognate word in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of cognate word in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Translations for cognate word
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- verwandtes WortGerman
- palabra afínSpanish
- mot apparentéFrench
- rokon szóHungarian
- parola affineItalian
- pokrewne słowoPolish
- palavra cognataPortuguese
- từ cognateVietnamese
Get even more translations for cognate word »
Translation
Find a translation for the cognate word definition in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"cognate word." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 26 Apr. 2024. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/cognate+word>.
Discuss these cognate word definitions with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In