Cognate

//ˈkɑɡn(e)ɪt//

Synonyms for "cognate" (151 found)

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Closest matches (31)

Strong matches (45)

Related words (75)

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9 relation types

Translations

104 translations across 43 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • kognaat noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ազգակից adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)

Asturian

1 entries
  • cognáu noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • eyniköklü adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)
  • kökdaş adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)

Bengali

1 entries
  • সমগোত্রজ adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • родствен adj (kindred by birth)
  • родствен adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)
  • сроден adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)

Catalan

1 entries
  • cognat noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 同源 adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)
  • 同源詞 /同源词 noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)

Czech

3 entries
  • příbuzný adj (kindred by birth)
  • příbuzný adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)
  • stejného původu adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)

Danish

1 entries
  • kognat adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)

Dutch

4 entries
  • bloedverwant adj (kindred by birth)
  • cognaat adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)
  • woordverwant adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)
  • wortelverwant adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • kognato noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)

Finnish

2 entries
  • olla sukua [jollekin] adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)
  • sukulaissana noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)

French

3 entries
  • apparenté adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)
  • cognat noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)
  • mot apparenté noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)

Galician

2 entries
  • cognado adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)
  • cognado noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)

Georgian

3 entries
  • მონათესავე adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)
  • ნათესავი adj (kindred by birth)
  • მონათესავე noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)

German

4 entries
  • blutverwandt adj (kindred by birth)
  • etymologisch verwandt adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)
  • kognat adj (kindred by birth)
  • stammverwandt adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)

Greek

1 entries
  • συγγενής adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)

Hindi

2 entries
  • सजातीय adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)
  • सजातीय noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • rokon adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)
  • azonos/közös eredetű szó noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)
  • közös tőből származó szó noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)
  • rokon szó noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • samstofna adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)
  • skyldur adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)
  • samstofna orð noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • kata kerabat noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)
  • kata seasal noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)
  • kognat noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)

Italian

3 entries
  • affine adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)
  • congiunto adj (kindred by birth)
  • imparentato adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 同源 adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)
  • 同根語 noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • түбірлес adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)
  • түбірлес сөздер noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)

Khmer

1 entries
  • បរិវារសព្ទ noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)

Korean

1 entries
  • 동계어 noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • giminingas adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)

Malay

4 entries
  • kognat adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)
  • serumpun adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)
  • kata serumpun noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)
  • kognat noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)

Manx

3 entries
  • co-cheintagh adj (kindred by birth)
  • co-chynneydagh adj (kindred by birth)
  • cocheintagh adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)

Marathi

1 entries
  • सजातीय adj (kindred by birth)

Old English

1 entries
  • mǣġcūþ adj (kindred by birth)

Polish

3 entries
  • pokrewny adj (kindred by birth)
  • pokrewny wyraz noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)
  • spokrewniony wyraz noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • cognato adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)
  • cognato noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)

Romanian

2 entries
  • înrudit adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)
  • cuvânt înrudit noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)

Russian

4 entries
  • исконноро́дственный adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)
  • однокоренно́й adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)
  • ро́дственный adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)
  • когна́т noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)

Slovene

2 entries
  • istoizvoren adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)
  • istoizvornica noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)

Spanish

4 entries
  • cognado adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)
  • emparentado adj (kindred by birth)
  • familiar adj (kindred by birth)
  • cognado noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)

Swedish

3 entries
  • kognat adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)
  • kognat noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)
  • släktord noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)

Turkish

1 entries
  • kökteş adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • cùng gốc adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)
  • đồng căn (同根) adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)
  • đồng nguyên adj (descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language)
  • từ cùng gốc noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)

Welsh

1 entries
  • gair cytras noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • קאָגנאַט noun (word derived from the same roots as a given word)

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

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The English language is cognate to the German language.

Source: tatoeba (26290)

I suppose that even Wolof and Greenlandic may share a cognate.

Source: tatoeba (10522484)

The Hindi word for god is cognate to the Persian word for demon.

Source: tatoeba (10522579)

The Arabic word for meat is cognate to the Hebrew word for bread.

Source: tatoeba (10522582)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.