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noncognate

noncognate adjective: not cognate.

Adjective

noncognate (not comparable)

  1. Not cognate.

Noun

noncognate (plural noncognates)

  1. That which is not a cognate.

Forms of noncognate

pluralnoncognates

Origin of noncognate

From non- + cognate.

Questions about noncognate

What does noncognate mean?
Noncognate means not cognate.
What part of speech is noncognate?
Noncognate can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near noncognate in the dictionary

  1. noncoercive
  2. noncoercively
  3. noncoexistence
  4. noncoexpressed
  5. noncoffee
  6. noncognate
  7. noncognates
  8. noncognition
  9. noncognitive
  10. noncognitivism
  11. noncognitivisms

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