Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

figurate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables: fig-u-rate
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Forming a figure.

adj

verb

To shape; to give a figure.

Example Sentences

"1880, Alex. Napier, translator, A Handbook of Physical Diagnosis, translation of, 1877, Paul Guttmann, [unknown title], third German edition; New York: William Wood & Company, page 296, Normal urine is perfectly clear, containing neither crystalline nor any other organic figurate element, except possibly now and then traces of mucus."
"Because large figurate lesions (cyclic, annular, or serpiginous) may exist[…]"

Etymology

Etymology tree English figure Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English figurate From figure + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Inflected Forms

figurates (present, singular) figurating (participle, present) figurated (participle, past) figurated (past)

Derived Forms

figurately figuration prefigurate refigurate

Phrases

figurate number

Questions

What does figurate mean?: Forming a figure.
Where does figurate come from?: Etymology tree English figure Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English figurate From figure + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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