Definitions for cognate

cognate cog·nate

Spelling: [kog-neyt]
IPA: /ˈkɒg neɪt/

Cognate is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 220 anagrams from letters in cognate (acegnot).

Definitions for cognate

noun

  1. a person or thing cognate with another.
  2. a cognate word:

adjective

  1. related by birth; of the same parentage, descent, etc.
  2. Linguistics. descended from the same language or form:
  3. allied or similar in nature or quality.

Origin of cognate

1635-45; Latin cognātus, equivalent to co- co- + -gnātus (past participle of gnāscī, nāscī to be born)

Examples for cognate

The bank of a river or lake was called Over, cognate with Ger.

Richier, has generally been absorbed by the cognate Richard.

A glade or valley in the wood was called a Dean, Dene, Denne, cognate with den.

The adverbial sense to be wholly transferred to the cognate word.

That the Greek mind was apt in doing this is cognate to their idealizing turn in art.

With bird nicknames may be mentioned Callow, unfledged, cognate with Lat.

The first syllable is cognate with mare and the second means servant.

The young men who figure at embassies and missions are all "cognate numbers."

Stout, valiant, now used euphemistically for fat, is cognate with Ger.

However, the Old English "hund" later became "hound" but eventually was replaced by "dog," not a cognate.

Word Value for cognate
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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