When you're learning a new language, a cognate is an easy word to remember because it looks and means the same thing as a word you already know. For example, gratitude in English means the same as gratitud in Spanish.
Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically
Noun
a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
Noun
one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another
Adjective S.
related by blood
Adjective S.
having the same ancestral language; "cognate languages"
Adjective S.
related in nature; "connate qualities"
a.
Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law),
related on the mother's side.
a.
Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family;
proceeding from the same stock or root; allied; kindred; as, a cognate
language.
n.
One who is related to another on the female side.
n.
One of a number of things allied in origin or nature; as,
certain letters are cognates.
Cognate
Cognate
Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically
One who is related to another on the female side.
Usage Examples
The ideal and the beautiful are identical the ideal corresponds to the idea, and beauty to form hence idea and substance are cognate.
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