Definitions For Cognate

noun

  • A word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
  • One related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another

adjective

  • Related by blood
  • Having the same ancestral language
  • Related in nature

Is Cognate a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
10
Words with Friends
13

The word Cognate is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Cognate in a Sentence

  • English “eat” and German “essen” are cognate.
  • Spanish and French are cognate languages.

Synonyms for Cognate

Antonyms for Cognate

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