Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

castellate

/ˈkastələt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: castel-late
IPA: /ˈkastələt/

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

castle-like: built or shaped like a castle.

adj

Castled: having or furnished with castles.

adj

Housed or kept in a castle.

verb

To make into a castle: to build in the form of a castle or to add battlements to an existing building.

Transitive verb

verb

To take the form of a castle.

Intransitive verb

noun

The district of a castle.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"...The living porphyry, in towers around Grotesquely castellate..."
"...Heights castellate..."
"The citizen who castellates a Villa at Richmond..."
"...Clouds slowly castellating in a calm..."
"In the Castellate of Roger of Poictou..."

Etymology

From Medieval Latin castellātus (“fortified” “made into a castle”), from castellum (“little fortification, castle”) + -ātus (forming participial adjectives). By surface analysis, Latin castellum + -ate (adjective-forming suffix) or castle + -ate.

Word Breakdown

Root: castellātus

Usage

Inflected Forms

more castellate (comparative) most castellate (superlative) castellates (present, singular) castellating (participle, present) castellated (participle, past) castellated (past) castellates (plural)

Derived Forms

decastellate

Frequently Paired Words

castellation

Synonyms

castle incastellated incastle encastle incastellate encastellate fortify castellany castlery

Questions

How do you pronounce castellate?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkastələt/.
What does castellate mean?: castle-like: built or shaped like a castle.
Where does castellate come from?: From Medieval Latin castellātus (“fortified” “made into a castle”), from castellum (“little fortification, castle”) + -ātus (forming participial adjectives). By surface analysis, Latin castellum + -ate (adjective-forming suffix) or castle + -ate.

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