cogent

English

WOTD – 2 May 2010    

Etymology

From Latin cōgēns, present active participle of cōgō (“drive together, compel”), from cō + agō (“drive”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkəʊdʒn̩t/, X-SAMPA: /"k@UdZn=t/
• (US) IPA: /ˈkoʊdʒn̩t/, X-SAMPA: /"koUdZn=t/

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Adjective

cogent (comparative more cogent, superlative most cogent)

1. Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence.
2. Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning.
3. Forcefully persuasive.

   She presented a cogent argument, convincing her audience of the truth of her proposition.

Derived terms

• cogency

Translations

reasonable and convincing; based on evidence

• Bulgarian: състоятелен (bg) (sǎstojatelen), достоверен (bg) (dostoveren)
• Danish: overbevisende (da)
• Dutch: overtuigend (nl)
• Finnish: järkevä (fi), järkiperäinen (fi)
• French: convaincant (fr), persuasif (fr), cohérent (fr)

• German: überzeugend (de)
• Italian: convincente (it), persuasivo (it), coherente (it), coerente (it)
• Russian: убедительный (ru) (ubeditelʹnyj), достоверный (ru) (dostovernyj)
• Spanish: convencedor (es), persuasivo (es)
• Swedish: övertygande (sv)

appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning

• Danish: overbevisende (da)
• Dutch: overtuigend (nl)
• Finnish: järkevä (fi)
• French: intelligible (fr), logique (fr)

• German: überzeugend (de)
• Italian: intelligibile (it), logico (it)
• Spanish: inteligible (es), lógico (es)
• Swedish: övertygande (sv)

forcefully persuasive

• Bulgarian: убедителен (bg) (ubeditelen)
• Danish: overbevisende (da), slagkraftig (da)
• Dutch: overtuigend (nl)
• Finnish: vakuuttava (fi)
• French: irréfutable (fr)
• German: überzeugend (de), schlagend (de)

• Italian: irrefutabile (it), inconfutabile (it)
• Russian: убедительный
• Scottish Gaelic: làidir (gd)
• Spanish: irrefutable (es), irrebatible (es)
• Swedish: övertygande (sv)

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Translations to be checked

• Indonesian: meyakinkan, telak

• Portuguese: coerente

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Latin

Verb

cōgent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of cōgō