cognate 的 2 个定义
- 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.
- a person or thing cognate with another.
- a cognate word: The English word cold is a cognate of German kalt.
cognate 近义词
alike, associated
更多cognate例句
- 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.