Definition of Cognate

1. Adjective. Related in nature. "Connate qualities"

Exact synonyms: Connate
Similar to: Related, Related To

2. Noun. One related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another.
Exact synonyms: Blood Relation, Blood Relative, Sib
Generic synonyms: Relation, Relative

3. Adjective. Having the same ancestral language. "Cognate languages"
Category relationships: Linguistics
Similar to: Related, Related To

4. Noun. A word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language.
Exact synonyms: Cognate Word
Generic synonyms: Word

5. Adjective. Related by blood.
Exact synonyms: Akin, Blood-related, Consanguine, Consanguineal, Consanguineous, Kin
Similar to: Related
Derivative terms: Consanguinity, Kin, Kin

Definition of Cognate

1. a. Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law), related on the mother's side.

2. n. One who is related to another on the female side.

Definition of Cognate

1. Adjective. (linguistics) Either descended from the same attested source lexeme of ancestor language, or held on the grounds of the methods of historical linguistics to be regular reflexes of the unattested, reconstructed form of proto-language. ¹

2. Noun. One of a number of things allied in origin or nature. ¹

3. Noun. (legal dated) One who is related to another on the female side. ¹

4. Noun. (legal dated) One who is related to another, both having descended from a common ancestor through legal marriages. ¹

5. Noun. A word either descended from the same base word of the same ancestor language as the given word, or strongly believed to be a regular reflex of the same reconstructed root of proto-language as the given word. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cognate

1. one that is related to another [n -S]

Medical Definition of Cognate

1. Refers to two biomolecules that typically interact (for example, a receptor and its ligand). (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cognate

cogitation
cogitations
cogitative
cogitatively
cogitator
cogitators
cogito
cogitos
coglike
coglucosidase
coglycolide
cogman
cogmen
cognacs
cognacy
cognate (current term)
cognate word
cognately
cognateness
cognates
cognation
cognations
cognescenti
cognetics
cognisable
cognisance
cognisances
cognisant
cognise
cognised

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