单词 | cognate |
释义 | cognate 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, Latin pater). --n   1. a relative.   2. a cognate word. Phrases and idioms cognate object Gram. an object that is related in origin and sense to the verb governing it (as in live a good life). Derivatives cognately adv. cognateness n. Etymology: L cognatus (as CO-, natus born) |
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