Cognate

/ˈkɑɡn(e)ɪt/

Synonyms for "cognate" (154 found)

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Closest matches (31)

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close matchclosely relatedcollateralcollateral relative
Adjective(2 words)
Noun(5 words)
akinanalogousblood relationblood relativecognate word

Strong matches (46)

Related words (77)

Adjective(1 words)
Noun(6 words)
relatedrelated languagerelated wordromanian umanroot word familysib

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

11 entries
academic domainetymological relationlanguagelexemelinguistic relationrelated disciplinesrelated fieldrelated termrelationrelativeword

More specific

9 entries
Germanic languagesRomance languagesadjacent fieldscognate formcognate nounetymologically relatedinterdisciplinarylinguistically relatedrelated by descent

Collocations

11 entries
cognate familycognate formscognate languagecognate languagescognate meaningcognate paircognate rootcognate rootscognate setcognate termscognate words

Inflections

3 entries
cognatesmore cognatemost cognate

Derivations

2 entries

similar

2 entries
relatedrelated to

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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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