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cognate

/kog-neyt/US // ˈkɒg neɪt //UK // (ˈkɒɡneɪt) //

同源词,同源性,同源语,同义词

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Definitions

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

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • However, the Old English "hund" later became "hound" but eventually was replaced by "dog," not a cognate.

  • Due to his knowledge of Arabic, he found many cognate words.

  • The directory of 1780 gave the names of twenty-six jewellers; that of 1880 gives nearly 700, including cognate trades.

  • Hell Jacob Grimm derives from hilan, to conceal in the earth, and it is cognate with hole and hollow.

  • The words genius and genie are evidently cognate with the Arabian jinn, meaning a spirit.

  • Hear how many cognate ideas present themselves to Shakspeare's mind in expressing the thought.

  • The intransitive form derives from the transitive by dropping a generalized, customary, reflexive or cognate object.