cognato
Portuguese, noun/koɡˈna.tu/
cognato is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cognate (a word that is etymologically related to another)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “parente por linhagem materna (cognação)”.
What does cognato mean in English?
adjective
- 1
being a cognate
- 2
related by blood
noun
- 1
masculinecognate (a word that is etymologically related to another)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. parente por linhagem materna (cognação) 2. palavra de mesma origem etimológica que outra
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cognato
- cognata feminine
- cognatos masculine plural
- cognatas feminine plural
- cognado alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cognato?
- Brazil /koɡˈna.tu/
- Brazil /ko.ɡiˈna.tu/
- Portugal /kɔɡˈna.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cognato
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cognato in Portuguese?
cognato appears about once in every 48 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).