cognaat

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin cognātus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɔxˈnaːt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: cog‧naat
  • Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

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cognaat n (plural cognaten)

  1. (linguistic) cognate (related word, derived from the same lexeme as another word)
  2. (dated) cognate (maternal relative)

Adjective

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cognaat (not comparable)

  1. (rare) cognate
    Synonym: verwant

Declension

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Declension of cognaat
uninflected cognaat
inflected cognate
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial cognaat
indefinite m./f. sing. cognate
n. sing. cognaat
plural cognate
definite cognate
partitive cognaats