cognate

Example Sentences

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There's no close cognate to Liz Truss in American politics, and there's definitely nothing similar to the bizarre intra-party process that has landed her in Downing Street.

From Salon • Sep. 6, 2022

“Domain” derives from Old French, denoting heritable or landed property; its Latin-derived cognate, “domicile,” means, of course, “home.”

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2022

Called “Climate of the Hunter,” its closest cognate is perhaps Joni Mitchell’s work of the era: humming bass, philosophical musings, maddening diversions, unresolved refrains.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2019

Sometimes these films play as horror, sometimes as melodrama, but Queen of Earth, though it fits in the category, is a more controlled cognate.

From Slate • Aug. 26, 2015

A sound without cognate and so without description.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy