cog·nate

(kŏg′nāt′)

adj.

1. Related by blood; having a common ancestor.

2. 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-.

3. Related or analogous in nature, character, or function.

1. One related by blood or origin with another, especially a person sharing an ancestor with another.

2. A word related to one in another language.

3. A sequence of university courses taken as an adjunct to a graduate degree program: earned an MA in linguistics with a cognate in computer science.

[Latin cognātus : co-, co- + gnātus, born, past participle of nāscī, to be born; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]

cog·na′tion n.

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cognate

(ˈkɒɡneɪt)

adj

1. akin; related: cognate languages.

2. (Law) related by blood or descended from a common maternal ancestor. Compare agnate

3. (Grammar) cognate object grammar a noun functioning as the object of a verb to which it is etymologically related, as in think a thought or sing a song

something that is cognate with something else

[C17: from Latin cognātus, from co- same + gnātus born, variant of nātus, past participle of nāscī to be born]

ˈcognately adv

ˈcognateness n

cogˈnation n

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cog•nate

(ˈkɒg neɪt)

adj.

1. related by birth; of the same parentage or descent.

2. descended from the same language or form: such cognate languages as French and Spanish.

3. allied or similar in nature or quality.

4. a person or thing cognate with another.

5. a cognate word: The English word cold is a cognate of German kalt.

[1635–45; < Latin cognātus=co- co- + -gnātus, past participle of (g)nāscī to be born]

cog′nate•ly, adv.

cog′nate•ness, n.

cognate

a relation through descent on the female side. Cf. agnate. — cognate, — cognatic, adj.

See also: Relationship

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	cognate - one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another blood relation, blood relative, sib relative, relation - a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"
	2.	cognate - a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language cognate word word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"
Adj.	1.	cognate - related in nature; "connate qualities" connate related, related to - being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics ; "painting and the related arts"; "school-related activities"; "related to micelle formation is the...ability of detergent actives to congregate at oil-water interfaces"
	2.	cognate - having the same ancestral language; "cognate languages" linguistics - the scientific study of language related, related to - being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics ; "painting and the related arts"; "school-related activities"; "related to micelle formation is the...ability of detergent actives to congregate at oil-water interfaces"
	3.	cognate - related by blood blood-related, consanguine, consanguineal, consanguineous, kin, akin related - connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage

cognate

adjective related, similar, allied, associated, connected, alike, affiliated, akin, analogous, kindred Apocalypticism and millennialism are cognate theological terms.

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cognate

adjective

Connected by or as if by kinship or common origin:

agnate, akin, allied, connate, connatural, consanguine, consanguineous, kindred, related.

Translations

cognado

parente

cognate

[ˈkɒgneɪt]

A. ADJ → cognado (with con) → afín

B. N → cognado m

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cognate

adj → verwandt; (Ling) → urverwandt

n (Ling) → urverwandtes Wort, urverwandte Sprache; “night” is a cognate of “Nacht” → „night“ ist mit „Nacht“ verwandt

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cognate

n. cognado, palabra que proviene del mismo tronco o raíz;

a. cognado-a, de la misma naturaleza o calidad.

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And the habit which is concerned with geometry and the cognate sciences I suppose that you would term understanding and not reason, as being intermediate between opinion and reason.

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Whether that Artificer of things, The origin of a better world, made him from the divine seed; Or the earth, being recent and lately sundered from the high Ether, retained some seeds of cognate heaven."

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