DICTIONARY ENTRY
2 SYLLABLES
cognate
/'kɑgneɪt/ · kɑgneɪt
Cognate has 2 syllables: cog · nate.
cog
01
nate
02
noun. A word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language.
noun. One related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another.
adjective. Related by blood.
adjective. Related in nature.
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