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Cognate

Definition

A word that is similar in both sound and meaning to a word in another language, often because the two languages have a common ancestor or have borrowed words from each other.

Example Sentences

1The English word 'father' is a cognate of the German word 'vater'.
2Are the words 'nation' and 'nación' cognates in English and Spanish?
3The cognates between French and Italian are numerous due to their shared Latin roots.
4If you know a word in one language, you can often guess its cognate in another language.
5Linguists study cognates to understand the historical relationships between languages.

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