Definitions For Cognate
noun
- A word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
- One related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another
adjective
- Related by blood
- Having the same ancestral language
- Related in nature
Is Cognate a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
10
Words with Friends
13
The word Cognate is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Cognate in a Sentence
- English “eat” and German “essen” are cognate.
- Spanish and French are cognate languages.