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Meanings of cognate in English

Catalan
consanguini
Spanish
cognado

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

        consanguini
        Portuguese
        cognato

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

              cognato
              Russian
              когнаты
              Portuguese
              cognato
              Catalan
              cognat
              Spanish
              cognado

              Word that has a common etymological origin.

                    когнаты
                    Spanish
                    descendencia cognática

                    One who is related to another on the female side.

                          descendencia cognática
                          Usage of cognate in English
                          1
                          That argument produces all this misery; that and others cognate to it.
                          The Small House at Allington
                          2
                          The Stoics define the soul as a cognate spirit, sensible to exhalations.
                          Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies
                          3
                          There was nothing formal, nothing ordained about such clusterings of cognate mentalities.
                          The Naked God
                          4
                          Cloned CTL can be induced to undergo apoptosis with cognate peptide epitopes.
                          Pubmed
                          5
                          Sea-power is a term used to indicate two distinct, though cognate things.
                          Sea-Power and Other Studies
                          6
                          The instincts of men are always right in this and all cognate matters.
                          Lessons in Life; A Series of Familiar Essays
                          7
                          Religion, then, and cognate enthusiasms were the first breeders of the Free Press.
                          The Free Press
                          8
                          The HK can control both phosphorylation and subsequent dephosphorylation of its cognate RR.
                          Pubmed
                          9
                          This repression could be relieved by ectopic expression of a cognate CI regulator.
                          Pubmed
                          10
                          Immunoglobulin isotype switching is also observed, indicating functional T-B cognate interactions.
                          Pubmed
                          11
                          The heat shock cognate protein, hsc70, has been implicated in regulating coat disassembly.
                          Pubmed
                          12
                          The cognate crab and fruit fly receptors differ in their responses to hormone.
                          Pubmed
                          13
                          SM proteins regulate membrane fusion through interactions with their cognate Sxs.
                          Pubmed
                          14
                          Sounds of gurgle and strangulation, with other cognate noises, was all Upstill's response.
                          St. George and St. Michael, Volume 3
                          15
                          The new service was welcomed by cognate health care professionals.
                          Pubmed
                          16
                          A cognate form (Parechidna Bruyni) has lately been found in New Guinea.
                          The Evolution of Man — Volume 2
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                          Translations for cognate
                          Portuguese
                          cognato
                          Cognate through the time
                          Cognate across language varieties
                          United States of America
                          Common
                          United Kingdom
                          Common