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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cog•nate /ˈkɑgneɪt/USA pronunciation adj. - Linguisticsdescended from the same language or form:cognate words.
See -nat-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cog•nate (kog′nāt),USA pronunciation adj. - related by birth; of the same parentage, descent, etc.
- Linguisticsdescended from the same language or form:such cognate languages as French and Spanish.
- allied or similar in nature or quality.
n. - a person or thing cognate with another.
- Linguisticsa cognate word:The English wordcold is a cognate of German kalt.
- Latin cognātus, equivalent. to co- co- + -gnātus (past participle of gnāscī, nāscī to be born)
- 1635–45
cog′nate•ness, n. cog•nat•ic (kog nat′ik),USA pronunciation adj. |