cognate

cog·nate

C0461100 (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.n.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.

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

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cog·na′tion n.

cognate

(ˈkɒɡneɪt) adj1. akin; related: cognate languages. 2. (Law) related by blood or descended from a common maternal ancestor. Compare agnate3. (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 songnsomething 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

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. n. 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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cognate - one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with anotherblood relation, blood relative, sibrelative, 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 languagecognate wordword - 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"connaterelated, 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 languagerelated, 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, akinrelated - 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.

cognate

adjectiveConnected by or as if by kinship or common origin:agnate, akin, allied, connate, connatural, consanguine, consanguineous, kindred, related.

Translations

cognadoparente