ejaculate

eja·cu·late/ɪˈd͡ʒæk.jə.leɪt/verb, noun

ejaculate is spelled E-J-A-C-U-L-A-T-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables (eja·cu·late). It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,949th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, ejaculate means “To say abruptly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in ejaculate?

Letters	9: E-J-A-C-U-L-A-T-E
Syllables	3: eja·cu·late
In writing	about once in every 3 million words; the 49,949th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searched	none measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is ejaculate?

Ejaculate appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,949th most frequent word form in the list.

ejaculate0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000

rarerper million words of written Englishmore common

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce ejaculate?

UK /ɪˈdʒæk.jʊ.leɪt/
US /ɪˈd͡ʒæk.jə.leɪt/

As a noun (“Fluid or some other substance ejected or suddenly thrown…”): /ɪˈdʒæk.jʊ.lət/, /ɪˈd͡ʒæk.jə.lət/.

Ejaculate has 3 syllables, split eja·cu·late in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-ejaculate_(verb).wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-ejaculate_(noun).wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of ejaculate

ejaculates present, singular, he/she/it, plural
ejaculating participle, present
ejaculated participle, past

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

What does ejaculate mean?

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

verb

1
obsoleteTo eject abruptly; to throw out suddenly and swiftly.
The mighty Magnet from the Center darts / This ſtrong, tho' ſubtile Force, thro' all the Parts: / Its active Rays ejaculated thence, / Irradiate all the wide Circumference.
2
datedTo say abruptly.
3
To eject or suddenly throw fluid or some other substance from a duct or other body structure.
4
Of a human being or other mammal: to forcibly eject from the urethra in response to sexual stimulation, in a male, semen; and, in a female, vaginal fluid.
Men can ejaculate between 0.1 and 10 milliliters of semen on average.
5
rareTo sexually stimulate (someone) so that they eject fluid from the urethra.

noun

1
Fluid or some other substance ejected or suddenly thrown from a duct or other body structure; specifically, semen or vaginal fluid ejected by a human being or other mammal during an ejaculation.

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

Ejaculate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

Language	Words
German	ejakulieren (to eject abruptly), Ejakulat (the liquid ejected during ejaculation)
Portuguese	ejacular (to eject abruptly), ejaculação (the liquid ejected during ejaculation)
Spanish	expeler, expulsar (to eject abruptly), eyacular (to eject semen or vaginal fluid)
French	éjaculat (the liquid ejected during ejaculation), éjaculer (to eject semen or vaginal fluid)

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.