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cognati

cognati noun: relatives by the mother's side.

Noun

cognati pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) relatives by the mother's side
    • with the consent of her cognati1858, George Long, M. Tulli Ciceronis Orationes

Origin of cognati

Borrowed from Latin.

Questions about cognati

What does cognati mean?
Cognati means relatives by the mother's side.
What part of speech is cognati?
Cognati is a noun.

Words near cognati in the dictionary

  1. cognate objects
  2. cognately
  3. cognateness
  4. cognates
  5. cognateship
  6. cognati
  7. cognatic
  8. cognatical
  9. cognatically
  10. cognation
  11. cognations

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