cognate / ˈkɒg neɪt /

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cognate2 个定义

adj. 形容词 adjective
  1. related by birth; of the same parentage, descent, etc.
  2. Linguistics. descended from the same language or form: such cognate languages as French and Spanish.
  3. allied or similar in nature or quality.
n. 名词 noun
  1. a person or thing cognate with another.
  2. a cognate word: The English word cold is a cognate of German kalt.

cognate 近义词

adj. 形容词 adjective

alike, associated

更多cognate例句

  1. However, the Old English "hund" later became "hound" but eventually was replaced by "dog," not a cognate.
  2. Due to his knowledge of Arabic, he found many cognate words.
  3. The directory of 1780 gave the names of twenty-six jewellers; that of 1880 gives nearly 700, including cognate trades.
  4. Hell Jacob Grimm derives from hilan, to conceal in the earth, and it is cognate with hole and hollow.
  5. The words genius and genie are evidently cognate with the Arabian jinn, meaning a spirit.
  6. Hear how many cognate ideas present themselves to Shakspeare's mind in expressing the thought.
  7. The intransitive form derives from the transitive by dropping a generalized, customary, reflexive or cognate object.