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Meaning of Cognate | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈkɒɡn(e)ɪt

Definitions

  1. One of a number of things allied in origin or nature.
  2. One who is related to another on the female side.
  3. One who is related to another, both having descended from a common ancestor through legal marriages.
  4. A word either descended from the same base word of the same ancestor language as the given word, or judged to be a regular reflex of the same reconstructed root of proto-language as the given word.

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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