Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

culminates

/kˈʌlmɪnˌeɪts/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English

Syllables
cul-mi-nates
IPA
/kˈʌlmɪnˌeɪts/
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

How do you pronounce culminates?
The recorded pronunciation is /kˈʌlmɪnˌeɪts/.
What does culminates mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of culminate

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