cognate
['kɔgneit]
a. 族, 语系, 词源, 母族, 性质, , 种

n. 族, 语系语言, 词源词, 性质西, 源

[] 性质, , 语族

1. German and Dutch are cognate languages.
   德语荷兰语源语言.
2. Physics and astronomy are cognate sciences.
   文.
3. The German word `Haus' is cognate with the English word `house'.
   德语Haus词英语house词源.

cognate
[ noun ]

1. one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another

<noun.person>

2. a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language

<noun.communication>

[ adj ]

1. related in nature

<adj.all>
connate qualities

2. having the same ancestral language

<adj.all>
cognate languages

3. related by blood

<adj.all>

Cognate \Cog"nate\, n.
1. (Law) One who is related to another on the female side.
--Wharton.

2. One of a number of things allied in origin or nature; as,
certain letters are cognates.


Cognate \Cog"nate\, a. [L. cognatus; co- + gnatus, natus, p. p.
of nasci, anciently gnasci, to be born. See {Nation}, and cf.
{Connate}.]
1. Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law),
related on the mother's side.

2. Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family;
proceeding from the same stock or root; allied; kindred;
as, a cognate language.