endowment
/ɛnˈdaʊmənt/noun
endowment is spelled E-N-D-O-W-M-E-N-T: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 3.3 times per million words in written English, the 14,509th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, endowment means “Something with which a person or thing is endowed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of endowment is endowments.
How many letters and syllables are in endowment?
| Letters | 9: E-N-D-O-W-M-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.3 times per million words; the 14,509th 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 endowment?
Endowment appears 3.3 times per million words in written English, the 14,509th 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 endowment?
- UK /ɪnˈdaʊmənt/
- UK /ɛnˈdaʊmənt/
- US /ɛnˈdaʊmənt/
Endowment 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-endowment.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-endowment2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of endowment
- endowments plural
- indowment
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does endowment mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Something with which a person or thing is endowed.
I suppose it is a truth too well attested to you, to need a proof here, that we are a race of beings, who have long labored under the abuse and censure of the world; that we have long been looked upon with an eye of contempt; and that we ha
- 2
Property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution.
Not content with the natural neglect into which Sight Recognition was falling, they began boldly to demand the legal prohibition of all "monopolizing and aristocratic Arts" and the consequent abolition of all endowments for the studies of S
- 3
Endowment assurance or pure endowment.
- 4
A ceremony designed to prepare participants for their role in the afterlife.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Endowment in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense something with which a person or thing is endowed:
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 endowment come from?
From Middle English endowement; equivalent to endow + -ment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).