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denominate

/dɪˈnɑ.mɪ.neɪt/verb

denominate is spelled D-E-N-O-M-I-N-A-T-E: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, denominate means “To name; to designate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in denominate?

Letters10: D-E-N-O-M-I-N-A-T-E
Syllables4 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 35 million words; the 182,517th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with
Same letters

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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is denominate?

Denominate appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th 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 denominate?

  • UK /dɪˈnɒm.ɪ.neɪt/
  • US /dɪˈnɑ.mɪ.neɪt/

As an adjective (“Having a specific name or denomination; specified in the…”): /dɪˈnɒmɪnət/.

Denominate has 4 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-denominate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with denominate?

One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as denominate from its last stressed vowel (/ɑmɪneɪt/):

Spelled with the same letters in another order: emendation.

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of denominate

  • denominates present, singular, he/she/it
  • denominating participle, present
  • denominated participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does denominate mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

verb

  1. 1

    To name; to designate.

  2. 2

    To express in a denomination (i.e., a monetary unit).

    Oil is denominated in dollars, so changes in the strength of the dollar affect oil prices everywhere.

adjective

  1. 1

    archaicHaving a specific name or denomination; specified in the concrete as opposed to abstract; thus, 7 feet is a denominate quantity, while 7 is mere abstract quantity or number.

  2. 2

    obsoleteDenominated, named.

noun

  1. 1

    obsoleteDenomination, name, appellation.

  2. 2

    obsoleteA noun derived from some other noun, a denominative.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Denominate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Spanishdenominar (to name), denominado en (to express in a monetary unit)

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 denominate come from?

Inherited from Middle English denominat(e) (“named, called”), borrowed from Latin dēnōminātus, perfect passive participle of dēnōminō, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). By surface analysis, de- + nominate.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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