Definition of Cognate

Adjective: cognate  'kóg,neyt

  1. Related in nature
    "cognate qualities";
    - connate
     
  2. (linguistics) having the same ancestral language
    "cognate languages"
     
  3. Related by blood
    - akin, blood-related, consanguine, consanguineous, consanguineal, kin
Noun: cognate  'kóg,neyt
  1. One related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another
    - blood relation, blood relative, sib
     
  2. A word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
    - cognate word

See also:
cognacs
cognately

Anagrams containing the word cognate

cgeotna ecognat tecogna atecogn natecog gnateco ognatec