donate
/ˈdoʊˌneɪt/verb
donate is spelled D-O-N-A-T-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,674th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, donate means “To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in donate?
| Letters | 6: D-O-N-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,674th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 donate?
Donate appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,674th 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 donate?
- UK /də(ʊ)ˈneɪt/
- US /ˈdoʊˌneɪt/
- US /doʊˈneɪt/
Donate has 2 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: En-us-donate.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with donate?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as donate from its last stressed vowel (/oʊneɪt/):
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 donate
- donates present, singular, he/she/it
- donating participle, present
- donated participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does donate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another.
She donates 100 dollars to Red Cross every year.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Donate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to give away something of value:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | donner, faire un don |
| German | spenden, stiften, schenken |
| Portuguese | doar |
| Spanish | donar, delejar |
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 donate come from?
Circa 1845, back-formation from donation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), chiefly found in American English. Ultimately from Latin dōnāre (“to give”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).