cognate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.4.2 Derived terms 1.5 See also 2 Italian 2.1 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin cognātus (“‘related by blood’”), from nātus (“‘born’”).

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• (UK) IPA: /ˈkɒg.neɪt/ SAMPA: /"kQg.neIt/
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cognate (not comparable)

1. (linguistics) Either descended from the same attested source lexeme of ancestor language, or held on the grounds of the methods of historical linguistics to be regular reflexes of the unattested, reconstructed form of proto-language.

   English mother is cognate to Greek μητέρα (mētéra), German Mutter, Russian мать (mat’) and Persian مادر (madar).

   In English, queen is cognate to quean, both of which are cognate to Russian жена (žená), Icelandic kona and Irish bean.

   In English, shirt is cognate to skirt, both descended from the Proto-Indo-European word *sker-, meaning "to cut".

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• cognateness

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cognate (plural cognates)

1. 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.

   English mother is a cognate of Greek μητέρα (mētéra), German Mutter, Russian мать (mat’) and Persian مادر (madar).

   English queen and quean, Russian жена (žená), Icelandic kona and Irish bean are all cognates.

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• false cognate
• cognacy

[edit] See also

• derivation
• etymology
• etymon
• root

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

cognate

1. Plural form of cognata.