Uk English Meaning of cognate

Cognate

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Definitions and Meaning of cognate in English

Wordnet

cognate (n)

one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another

a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language

Wordnet

cognate (s)

related in nature

having the same ancestral language

related by blood

Webster

cognate (a.)

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; allied; kindred; as, a cognate language.

Webster

cognate (n.)

One who is related to another on the female side.

One of a number of things allied in origin or nature; as, certain letters are cognates.

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Cognate

one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another, a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral

like,analogous,comparable,like,similar,such,similar,innate,Correspondent,corresponding

different,disparate,dissimilar,distinct,distinguishable,diverse,unlike,various,nonequivalent,unrelated

cognac => cognac, cogman => Cogman, cogitative => contemplative, cogitation => cogitation, cogitating => Cogitating,