- related by birth; of the same parentage, descent, etc.
- descended from the same language or form: such cognate languages as French and Spanish.
- allied or similar in nature or quality.
- a person or thing cognate with another.
- a cognate word: The English word cold is a cognate of German kalt.
- akin; related
- related by blood or descended from a common maternal ancestor
- a noun functioning as the object of a verb to which it is etymologically related, as in think a thought or sing a song
- something that is cognate with something else
