cognato

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cognātus (“related by blood”), from cum (“with”) +‎ nātus (“born”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koɲˈɲa.to/
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Hyphenation: co‧gnà‧to

Noun

cognato m (plural cognati)

  1. brother-in-law

Further reading

  • cognato in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • cognato in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • cognato in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • cognato in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • cognàto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • cognato in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • cognato in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

cognātō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of cognātus

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cognātus (“related by blood”), from cum (“with”) + nātus (“born”). Doublet of cunhado, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /koɡˈna.tu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koɡˈna.to/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɔˈɡna.tu/ [kɔˈɣna.tu]

  • Rhymes: -atu
  • Hyphenation: cog‧na‧to

Adjective

cognato (feminine cognata, masculine plural cognatos, feminine plural cognatas)

  1. (linguistics) being a cognate
  2. (of a relative) related by blood
    Antonym: afim

Noun

cognato m (plural cognatos)

  1. (linguistics) cognate (a word that is etymologically related to another)

Further reading

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