Example sentences for: cognates

How can you use “cognates” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Then, too, the OED does not always transliterate foreign scripts, which might put those who cannot read Chinese, Arabic, Cyrillic, Thai, etc., at a disadvantage when examining cognates or loanwords.

  • know [A well-constructed short essay on its cognates.

  • For example, over 285 names appear under George . Moreover, within each entry the names are broken down according to form and structure--for example, variants, cognates, diminutives, augmentatives, patronymics, and patronymics from diminutives-- with further classification (according to language) and comment.

  • As you know, I never myself use that word (or its cognates) concerning collective memory.

  • As a consequence of all this deadwood, we are denied useful lexicographical information, like the fact that chapter and capital are cognates.


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