'cognate' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'cognate' with 2 example sentences.
- cognate adjective
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: related in nature
: having the same ancestral language
: related by blood
- cognate noun
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: one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another
: a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
The English language is cognate to the German language.
The words poison and potion are cognates.