fasciculate
/fəˈsɪk.jə.lɪt/adjective, noun, verb
fasciculate is an adjective meaning “Having fascicles” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-S-C-I-C-U-L-A-T-E, and it appears about once in every 85 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does fasciculate mean?
adjective
- 1
Having fascicles.
- 2
Branching, with many lines extending from one point, as in a few Choicensisphinctes ammonites.
noun
- 1
Synonym of fasciculation.
verb
- 1
To cause to become fasciculate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fasciculate?
- /fəˈsɪk.jə.lɪt/
- /fæˈsɪk-/
- /-ˌlət/
As a verb (“To cause to become fasciculate”): /fəˈsɪk.jəˌleɪt/, /fæˈsɪk-/.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of fasciculate
- fasciculates plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- fasciculating participle, present
- fasciculated participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fasciculate?
Fasciculate appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th 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).