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cognation

/kɒɡˈneɪʃən/

cognation noun: a cognate relationship.

Noun

cognation (countable and uncountable, plural cognations)

  1. A cognate relationship.
    • […] these stones, I say, gratifie our sight, as having a nearer cognation with the Soul of Man, that is Rational and Intellectual, and therefore is well pleased when it meets with any outward Object that fits and agrees with those congenite Ideas her own nature is furnished with.1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 54
    • Cowan (1957a, 1957b) has established the following CVC cognation percentages using for his 'Tami Group' only the languages classed by the present writer as constituting the Upper Tami Families.1971, Stephen A. Wurm, “The Papuan Linguistic Situation”, in J. D. Bowen, editor, Linguistics in Oceania (Current Trends In Linguistics; 5), Mouton, →LCCN, page 603

cognation meaning in Tamil and Kannada

cognation in Tamil

இரத்த உறவு, சகசம், பொருளறிதல்

cognation in Kannada

ಏಕಮೂಲೀಯ ಸಂಬಂಧ, ಸಜಾತೀಯ ಸಂಬಂಧ

Forms of cognation

pluralcognations

Origin of cognation

From Middle English cognacion, cognacioun, from Latin cognātiō; equivalent to cognate + -ion.

Questions about cognation

What does cognation mean?
Cognation means a cognate relationship.
What is cognation in Tamil?
Cognation in Tamil is இரத்த உறவு, சகசம், பொருளறிதல். See Cognation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cognation?
Cognation is a noun.
How do you pronounce cognation?
Cognation is pronounced /kɒɡˈneɪʃən/.
What is the plural of cognation?
The plural of cognation is cognations.

Words near cognation in the dictionary

  1. cognateship
  2. cognati
  3. cognatic
  4. cognatical
  5. cognatically
  6. cognation
  7. cognations
  8. cognatus
  9. cognescenti
  10. cognetics
  11. Cognevich

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cognation (page history and authors); cognation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cognation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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