cognate
IPA: kˈɑgneɪt
noun
- One of a number of things allied in origin or nature.
- (law, dated) One who is related to another on the female side.
- (law, dated) One who is related to another, both having descended from a common ancestor through legal marriages.
- (linguistics) A word either descended from the same base word of the same ancestor language as the given word, or strongly believed to be a regular reflex of the same reconstructed root of proto-language as the given word.
adjective
- Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (law) related on the mother's side.
- Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root.
- (linguistics) Descended from the same source lexemes (same etymons) of an ancestor language.
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Examples of "cognate" in Sentences
- The word is also cognate to peril.
- It's the cognate of the word Rabbi.
- Each of these names is cognate to the others.
- The word is cognate with the Italian trattoria.
- The word Allah is a cognate of the Hebrew word Eloah.
- But the English word is a false cognate of the Polish one.
- The cognate word in the Hawaiian language culture is kapu.
- The Hoekens linkage is a Cognate linkage of the Chebyshev linkage.
- The name is cognate to and has the same meaning as Hebrew language Abdiel.
- Inclusion of English in the cognate list is not the same as glossing the item.