cognate

  • 11cognate — adj. cognate to, with (Dutch is cognate to English and German) * * * [ kɒgneɪt] with (Dutch is cognate to English and German) cognate to …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 12cognate — cog•nate [[t]ˈkɒg neɪt[/t]] adj. 1) related by birth; of the same parentage or descent 2) ling. descended from the same language or form: such cognate languages as French and Spanish[/ex] 3) allied or similar in nature or quality 4) a person or… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 13cognate — cog|nate1 [ˈkɔgneıt US ˈka:g ] adj technical [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: cognatus, from co ( CO ) + gnatus born ] cognate words or languages have the same origin cognate 2 cognate2 n technical a word in one language that has the same… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14cognate — I UK [ˈkɒɡneɪt] / US [ˈkɑɡˌneɪt] noun [countable] Word forms cognate : singular cognate plural cognates linguistics a word in a language that has the same origin as a word in a different language II UK [ˈkɒɡneɪt] / US [ˈkɑɡˌneɪt] adjective 1)… …

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  • 15cognate — /ˈkɒgneɪt / (say kognayt) adjective 1. related by birth; of the same parentage, descent, etc. 2. related in origin: cognate languages; cognate words. 3. allied in nature or quality. –noun 4. a person or thing cognate with another. {Latin… …

  • 16cognate — 1. adjective /ˈkɒɡ.neɪt/ Either descended from the same attested source lexeme of ancestor language, or held on the grounds of the methods of historical linguistics to be regular reflexes of the unattested, reconstructed form of proto language.… …

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  • 17cognate — cog|nate1 [ kag,neıt ] noun count LINGUISTICS words from different languages are cognates when they have the same origin cognate cog|nate 2 [ kag,neıt ] adjective 1. ) LINGUISTICS cognate words or languages have the same origin 2. ) FORMAL… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 18cognate — [[t]kɒ̱gneɪt[/t]] ADJ: oft ADJ with n Cognate things are related to each other. [FORMAL] ...cognate words …

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  • 19cognate — 1 adjective cognate words or languages have the same origin 2 noun (C) a word in one language that has the same origin as a word in another language: The German hund is a cognate of the English hound …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20cognate — adj. & n. adj. 1 related to or descended from a common ancestor (cf. AGNATE). 2 Philol. (of a word) having the same linguistic family or derivation (as another); representing the same original word or root (e.g. English father, German Vater,… …

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