cognato

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cognātus (“related by blood”), from cum (“with”) +‎ nātus (“born”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɲˈɲa.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: co‧gnà‧to

Noun

cognato m (plural cognati)

1. brother-in-law

Related terms

• cognata

Further reading

• cognato in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• cognato in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• cognato in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• cognato in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• cognàto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• cognato in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• cognato in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• cotogna

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /koɡˈnaː.toː/, [kɔŋˈnäːt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /koɲˈɲa.to/, [koɲˈɲäːt̪o]

Adjective

cognātō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of cognātus

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cognado

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cognātus (“related by blood”), from cum (“with”) + nātus (“born”). Compare the inherited Portuguese doublet cunhado.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koɡˈna.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koɡˈna.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koɡˈna.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɔˈɡna.tu/ [kɔˈɣna.tu]

• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: cog‧na‧to

Adjective

cognato (feminine cognata, masculine plural cognatos, feminine plural cognatas)

1. (linguistics) being a cognate
2. (of a relative) related by blood

   Antonym: afim

Noun

cognato m (plural cognatos)

1. (linguistics) cognate (a word that is etymologically related to another)

Further reading

• “cognato” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “cognato” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “cognato” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “cognato” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “cognato” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “cognato” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.