cognate

/หˆkษ‘ษก.neษชt/

IPA: /K AA1 G N EY0 T/

noun
  1. 1

    One of a number of things allied in origin or nature.

  2. 2

    One who is related to another on the female side.

  3. 3

    One who is related to another, both having descended from a common ancestor through legal marriages.

  4. 4

    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.

adjective
  1. 1

    Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically related on the mother's side.

    syn:akinsame-blooded
  2. 2

    Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root.

    syn:alliedconnatekindred
  3. 3

    Descended from the same source lexeme of an ancestor language.

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