cognate
adjective
related by birth; of the same parentage, descent, etc.
cognates
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pluralof cognate.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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So I could tell you who his cognates are for Achilles, Hector, Helen of Troy, Aphrodite, Odysseus and a whole bunch of others.
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2024
For instance, English ‘water’ and German ‘wasser’ are clearly related, making them cognates that derive from the same ancient word—an example of stability.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 23, 2021
They are using computers to sort giant databases of cognates and generate millions of possible family trees based on assumptions about, say, how quickly languages split.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 21, 2016
A quick search of the plan brings up the word terror and its cognates in 377 places, hurricane in five.
From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2016
This Italian word has passed into French and German, displacing the older cognates soudard and Söldner, which now have a depreciatory sense.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
