| 单词 | cognate |
| 释义 | cognate (once / 8079 pages) adjn When you're learning a new language, a cognate is an easy word to remember because it looks and means the same thing as a word you already know. For example, gratitude in English means the same as gratitud in Spanish. Just as words that are cognates have a shared origin — like gratitude and gratitud both coming from the Latin word gratitudo, meaning "thankfulness" — people can be cognates based on their shared blood. For example, you and your sister are cognates of your parents. You probably even look alike, just like word cognates. The adjective form of cognate can describe blood relations or anyone whose ancestors spoke the same language. WORD FAMILYcognate: cognates, cognation USAGE EXAMPLESGiven these similarities, linguists would expect the languages to share many cognates, or words derived from a common ancestor. Science Magazine(Sep 21, 2016) "Tough" and its cognates show up 24 times in a press release that's 651 words long — that's a stunning 1.15 toughs per sentence. The Verge(Sep 08, 2016) A quick search of the plan brings up the word terror and its cognates in 377 places, hurricane in five. Slate(Sep 07, 2016) 1adj related by blood Syn akin, blood-related, consanguine, consanguineal, consanguineous, kin related connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage 2adj related in nature Syn connate related, related to being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics 3adj having the same ancestral language cognate languages Syn related, related to being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics 4n one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another Syn|Hyper blood relation, blood relative, sib relation, relative a person related by blood or marriage 5n a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language Syn|Hyper cognate word word a unit of language that native speakers can identify |
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