agnate

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈæɡneɪt/

Noun

agnate (plural agnates)

1. A relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family.

   A great grandfather is an agnate if he is your father’s father’s father.

2. Any paternal male relative.

Antonyms

• enate

Translations

• French: agnat
• German: Agnat
• Italian: agnato
• Portuguese: agnato
• Russian: агна́т
• Spanish: agnado

Adjective

agnate

1. Related to someone by male connections or on the paternal side of the family.
2. allied; akin

   • Assume more or less of a fictitious character, but congenial and agnate with the former.

3. (linguistics) Having a similar semantic meaning.

Synonyms

• agnatic, patrilineal

Translations

• Russian: единокро́вный
• Spanish: agnado

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