Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ubicate

/ˈjubəkeɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ubic-ate
IPA
/ˈjubəkeɪt/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To find and specify the location of (someone or something); to locate.

Formal; Transitive verb

verb

To take up residence in a place; to lodge, to occupy.

Formal; Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

Probably a back-formation from ubication (“condition or fact of being in, or occupying, a certain place or position”) on the basis of -ate (suffix forming verbs). Ubication is borrowed from New Latin ubicātiō (“location”) (compare the inflected forms ubicātiōnis, ubicātiōnī, etc.), from Latin ubicātus (“located”) + -iō (suffix forming abstract nouns). Ubicātus is a past participial form of ubicō (“to situate”) (found in British works from the 14th century), from ubi (“where”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- (primary interrogative root)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *kʷ-, ubicātiō, ubicātus

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈjubəkeɪt/
  • British English: /ˈjuːbɪkeɪt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Frequently Paired Words

ubiation ubication ubicity ubiety ubity

Questions

How do you pronounce ubicate?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈjubəkeɪt/.
What does ubicate mean?
To find and specify the location of (someone or something); to locate.
Where does ubicate come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce ubicate

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