noun🔗ShareOne of a number of things allied in origin or nature."Spanish and Portuguese are cognates; they share many words that have a similar origin. "languagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareOne who is related to another on the female side."Since Sarah and Mary share a grandmother, they are considered cognates. "familyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareOne who is related to another, both having descended from a common ancestor through legal marriages.""Although they had never met, the distant cousins discovered they were cognates after tracing their family history back several generations." "familypersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA word either descended from the same base word of the same ancestor language as the given word, or strongly believed to be a regular reflex of the same reconstructed root of proto-language as the given word."Many English words like "night" and German words like "Nacht" are cognates, meaning they share a common ancestor word and similar meanings. "languagelinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading