cognate

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (law) related on the mother's side.
2. (not-comparable) Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root.
3. (not-comparable) Descended from the same source lexemes (same etymons) of an ancestor language.

Noun

1. One of a number of things allied in origin or nature.
2. (dated) One who is related to another on the female side.
3. (dated) One who is related to another, both having descended from a common ancestor through legal marriages.
4. A word either descended from the same base word of the same ancestor language as the given word, or judged to be a regular reflex of the same reconstructed root of proto-language as the given word.

Synonyms

akin

kindred

consanguineal

blood relation

consanguine

consanguineous

blood relative

related

blood-related

sib

cognate word

kin

connate

relative

connatural

kinsman

relation

kinsperson

kinswoman

affinity

clannish

congenial

connected

allied

Translations

cognato

verwant

verwandt

apparenté

Kognat

cognado

cognaat

afim

consanguineo

parente

συγγενής

wurzelverwandt

consanguin

cognat

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɒɡ.neɪt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cognātus (“related by blood”), from co- + gnātus (“born”). Compare Portuguese cognato and Spanish cognado. Doublet of connate and cognatus.