conjugate
/ˈkɑn.d͡ʒə.ɡeɪt/verb, noun, adjective
conjugate is spelled C-O-N-J-U-G-A-T-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,504th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, conjugate means “To inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses; to list or recite its principal parts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in conjugate?
| Letters | 9: C-O-N-J-U-G-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 34,504th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is conjugate?
Conjugate appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,504th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce conjugate?
- UK /ˈkɒn.d͡ʒə.ɡeɪt/
- US /ˈkɑn.d͡ʒə.ɡeɪt/
- Australia /ˈkɔn.d͡ʒə.ɡæɪt/
As a noun (“Any entity formed by joining two or more smaller entities…”): /ˈkɒn.d͡ʒə.ɡət/, /ˈkɑn.d͡ʒə.ɡət/, /ˈkɔn.d͡ʒə.ɡət/.
Conjugate has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-conjugate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of conjugate
- conjugates present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- conjugating participle, present
- conjugated participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does conjugate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses; to list or recite its principal parts.
In English, the verb 'to be' is conjugated as follows: 'I am', 'you are', 'he/she/it is', 'we are', 'you are', 'they are'.
- 2
To multiply on the left by one element and on the right by its inverse.
- 3
rareTo join together, to unite; to juxtapose.
- 4
To temporarily fuse, exchanging or transferring DNA.
noun
- 1
Any entity formed by joining two or more smaller entities together.
- 2
A complex conjugate.
- 3
More generally, any of a set of irrational or complex numbers that are zeros of the same polynomial with integral coefficients.
- 4
Given a field extension L / K and an element α ∈ L, any other element β ∈ L that is another root of the minimal polynomial of α over K.
- 5
A type of pelvic measurement.
- 6
An explementary angle.
- 7
A word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in meaning.
17th c, John Bramhall, We have learned in logic, that conjugates are sometimes in name only, and not in deed.
- 8
A weak and a strong antigen covalently linked together
adjective
- 1
United in pairs; yoked together; coupled.
- 2
In single pairs; coupled.
- 3
Containing two or more radicals supposed to act the part of a single one.
- 4
Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; said of words.
- 5
Presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; said of quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Conjugate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | conjuguer |
| German | konjugieren |
| Portuguese | conjugar , conjugado |
| Spanish | conjugar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does conjugate come from?
The adjective (as “combined, united”) and noun are first attested in 1471, in Middle English, the verb in 1530; partly from Middle English conjugat(e) (“combined, united”), partly directly borrowed from New Latin coniugātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin coniugō (“to yoke together, combine; (New Latin) to conjugate, decline, inflect”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from con- (“with”) + iugō (“to join”). In Classical Latin, the word for conjugate (grammar) was dēclīnō, coniugō is a later back-formation from post-classical coniugātiō (“conjugation, declension”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).