GLOSSARY OF ENGLISH-TURKISH COGNATES
Cognates are words that have a similar spelling, pronunciation, and meaning across two languages. Some English words exist in Turkish only in the meaning given, or the word class shown. English accent (n), for example, exists in Turkish only as a noun and not as a verb, or acid (n) exists only as a noun and not as an adjective.
In preparing this glossary, 3000 core (basic) English words has been taken as a reference. There may be some other words that can be added.
A
academy
academic (adj)
accent (n)
acid (n)
action (n)
active
actor
actress
adaptation
address (details of a place)
advantage
alarm (of burglary, fire etc)
album
alcohol
alcoholic (n)
alphabet
alternative
amateur
ambulance
analysis
anti-
antibiotic
antidemocratic
antipathy, antipathetic
arena
arithmetic
astronaut
athlete
athletic
atmosphere
apartment block
assistant (n)
August
authority
auto-
autobiography
automatic
automobile
akademi
akademik
aksan
asit
aksiyon
aktif
aktör
aktris
adaptasyon
adres
avantaj
alarm
albüm
alkol
alkolik
alfabe
alternatif
amatör
ambulans
analiz
anti-
antibiyotik
antidemokratik
antipati, antipatik
arena
aritmetik
astronot
atlet
atletik
atmosfer
apartman
asistan
ağustos
otorite
oto-
otobiyografi
otomatik
otomobil
B
bacteria
balcony
balloon (n)
bank (place for money)
baggage (=luggage)
bar (place to drink in)
barrier
basketball (game)
bicycle (n)
biscuit (=cookie)
biology
biological
blouse
boat
bomb (n)
boot (shoe)
branch (of a study)
bravo
bureau
button (of a machine; on a website)
bakteri
balkon
balon
banka
bagaj
bar
bariyer (=engel)
basketbol
bisiklet
bisküvi
biyoloji
biyolojik
bluz
bot
bomba
bot
branş
bravo
büro
buton (=düğme)
C
cable (wire)
cacao
café
camera (for making films,
TV programmes)
camp (n)
campaign (n)
campus
cancer
canteen (in a school, factory)
capacity
captain (sailor; team leader)
caravan (=trailer)
carbohydrate
carbon
card (n)
career (n)
carnival
catalogue/catalog
category
Catholic
centimetre/centimeter
ceremony
champion (n)
channel (n)
chaos
character
chemistry
chocolate
chorus (n)
Christian
cigarette
cinema
civil (not part of the military
or gov.)
classic (n; adj); classical
clinic
club (for an activity or sport)
coalition
coffee
cola
collective (adj)
collection (set/group)
colony
comic (=amusing)
comedy
comedian
committee
communication
complex
complicated (=complex)
composition (=essay)
concentration
concept
concert (music)
conference
contract (n)
control (n)
copy (n)
corridor
costume
cousin (a child of your uncle
or aunt)
cream (for the skin; colour)
cream (of milk)
credit (n)
credit card
crisis
criterion
criticism; critical (important;
serious/worrying)
crystal
culture (n)
cultural
D
kablo
kakao
kafe
kamera
kamp
kampanya
kampüs
kanser
kantin
kapasite
kaptan
karavan
karbonhidrat
karbon
kart
kariyer
karnaval
katalog
kategori
Katolik
santimetre 5
seremoni
şampiyon
kanal
kaos
karakter
kimya
çikolata
koro
Hıristiyan
sigara 6
sinema
sivil 7
klasik
klinik
kulüp
koalisyon
kahve
kola
kolektif
koleksiyon
koloni
komik 1
komedi
komedyen
komite
komünikasyon
kompleks
komplike
kompozisyon
konsantrasyon
konsept
konser
konferans
kontrat 2
kontrol 3
kopya 4
koridor
kostüm
kuzen
krem
krema
kredi
kredi kartı
kriz
kriter
kritik
kristal
kültür
kültürel
dance (n)
degree
democracy
democratic
department (of an
organization)
depression (mental illness)
design (n)
detail (n)
detective
dialogue
digital
diplomat
diplomatic
disadvantage
disk/disc
diploma
direct (adj)
discipline (n)
drama
doctor (n)
document (n)
dollar
dans 1
derece
demokrasi
demokratik
departman (=bölüm)
depresyon 2
dizayn 3
detay (=ayrıntı)
dedektif
diyalog
dijital
diplomat
diplomatik
dezavantaj
disk
diploma
direkt
disiplin 4
drama
doktor
doküman
dolar
E
economy (n)
economic; economical
editor
effort
electricity
electronic
empathy
emperor
encyclopaedia
energy
energetic
equipment
ethic; ethics; ethical
ethnic (adj)
euro (n)
exercise (activities for body)
exotic
expert (n)
extra
extreme (adj)
ekonomi (=iktisat)
ekonomik
editör
efor (=çaba)
elektrik
elektronik
empati 5
imparator 6
ansiklopedi
enerji
enerjik
ekipman
etik
etnik
avro 1
egzersiz 2
egzotik
eksper (=bilirkişi)
ekstra
ekstrem (=aşırı; sıra dışı)
F
factor (n)
faculty (of a university)
favourite
federal
federation
film (=movie)
final (n)
finance (n)
financial
finish (n)
football (game)
form (n)
format (n)
formula
forum
full (adj)
function (n)
functional
G
faktör
fakülte
favori 3
federal
federasyon
film
final 4
finans 5
finansal (=malî)
finiş (=varış, bitiş)
futbol 6
form
format
formül
forum
ful
fonksiyon (=işlev)
fonksiyonel (=işlevsel)
galaxy
gallery
garage (=carport)
gas (n)
gendarme
general (in the army)
general (adj)
generation
gentleman (a man who is
always polite)
gesture (n)
geography
geometry
geometric
global
goal (in football)
golf
gram/gramme
grammar
group (n)
grey
guarantee (n)
guitar
gymnastics
galaksi
galeri 7
garaj
gaz
jandarma
general
genel
jenerasyon (=nesil,
kuşak)
centilmen
jest
coğrafya
geometri
geometrik
global (=küresel)
gol
golf
gram (g/gm)
gramer (=dil bilgisi)
grup
gri
garanti 1
gitar
jimnastik