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cognate
- /ˈkɒɡn(e)ɪt/ UK
- /ˈkɑɡn(e)ɪt/ US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin cognātus (“related by blood”), from co- + gnātus (“born”). Compare Portuguese cognato and Spanish cognado. Doublet of connate and cognatus.
adjective cogn.
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Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (law) related on the mother's side.
Similar: akin, same-blooded, cognate, consanguine, consanguineous, consanguineal, natural
- Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root. This explanation provoked further great hilarity among the members of the committee. And the frankness was admired by many with which Louit, on his return, confessed to having found, in the course of his excursion, three barns in all, of which two contained empty bottles and the third the skeleton o
- Descended from the same source lexemes (same etymons) of an ancestor language.
noun cognates · cogn.
- One of a number of things allied in origin or nature.
- One who is related to another on the female side.
- One who is related to another, both having descended from a common ancestor through legal marriages.
- A word either descended from the same base word of the same ancestor language as the given word, or judged to be a regular reflex of the same reconstructed root of proto-language as the given word.
Translations
Every language
adj kindred by birth
| Español | emparentado, familiar |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | kognat, blutverwandt |
| Italiano | congiunto |
adj descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language
| Español | cognado |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 同源 dōgen |
| 中文 | 同源 tóngyuán |
| हिन्दी | सजातीय sajātīya |
| Português | cognato |
| Français | apparenté |
| Deutsch | verwandt, etymologisch verwandt, stammverwandt, urverwandt, wurzelverwandt |
| Italiano | affine, imparentato |
| Ελληνικά | συγγενής syngenís |
| Română | înrudit |
| Русский | ро́дственный ródstvennyj, исконноро́дственный iskonnoródstvennyj, однокоренно́й odnokorennój |
| Tiếng Việt | cùng gốc, đồng nguyên, đồng căn (同根） |
noun word derived from the same roots as a given word
| Español | cognado |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 동계어 donggyeeo |
| 日本語 | 同根語 dōkongo |
| 中文 | 同源詞 /同源词 tóngyuáncí |
| हिन्दी | सजातीय sajātīya |
| Português | cognato |
| Français | mot apparenté, cognat |
| Deutsch | Verwandte, Kognat, verwandtes Wort |
| Română | cuvânt înrudit |
| Русский | однокоренно́е сло́во odnokorennóje slóvo, ро́дственное сло́во ródstvennoje slóvo, когна́т kognát |
| Tiếng Việt | từ cùng gốc |
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title = {cognate},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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