cognate

Examples

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• Cognates are words that are orthographically and semantically identical or nearly identical in both languages, as exemplified by the English word "perfect" and the Spanish word "perfecto."

  Academic text (2013)

• In some places, this offering is called tinka, a cognate of tinkuy, and a reference to the conjoining of edifice to earth, something that is done successfully only with the permission of the earth as well as other nature spirits.

  Academic text (2007)

• Because I also think of person as like a cognate of people or or synonymous with human.

• Based on the data collected for this research, programs such as the Doctor of Arts in college teaching or Doctor of Philosophy in English, with a strong cognate and internship in community college work, seem to hold the most promise for the future.

  Academic text (1995)

• Nothing, however, distinguishes the overall composition from its cognates.

  Academic text (2001)

• Treachery occurs between mastered and masters, and another group of cognates emerges as significant: Mayor, Major, master, and Mr., for example.

  Academic text (1991)

• But along with this heady phenomenon of burgeoning fields, departments, and major programs came those that could claim no natural cognate evolution from the parent discipline.

  Academic text (1996)

• Gniblin is famous for his power of Egu, the Mina cognate of the Yoruba Ogun and the Fon Gu, deities of iron, war, and technology.

  Academic text (1999)

• If Wallace Stevens's representational poles can be named "reality" and "the imagination" (or, alternately, "world" and "mind"), Bidart's would be named "spirit" and "body," or "voice" and "form," among other cognates.

  Academic text (2001)

• My grandmother is my closest cognate, sharing a common ancestor with me.

Synonyms

R

relative

vscognate

645 1.0

A person who is in your family by blood or marriage

is restricted to blood ties and does not include marriage connections

R

relation

vscognate

76 1.2

A person who is connected to you by blood or marriage

is limited to blood kin and does not cover marital connections

B

blood relative

vscognate

9 3.0

A person in your family by birth, not by marriage or adoption

focuses especially on shared ancestry rather than other family connections

B

blood relation

vscognate

3 2.8

A person who comes from the same family as you by birth, not by marriage

places more weight on shared ancestors than on birth versus marriage

S

sib

vscognate

1 9.4

A person who shares an ancestor with you, often a distant relative

is the broader term used for any blood relation rather than label

Compounds

C

cognate word

• Specialized

7.2

A word in another language that comes from the same older word

Surface Forms

Etymology