fastigiate
/fæˈstɪd͡ʒ.i.ət/adjective, noun
fastigiate is an adjective meaning “Erect and parallel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-S-T-I-G-I-A-T-E, and it appears about once in every 91 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does fastigiate mean?
adjective
- 1
Erect and parallel.
The branches of this species are fastigiate.
- 2
Having closely-bunched erect parallel branches
This is a fastigiate variety.
- 3
Characterized by a fastigium, a cavity separating the intexine from the sexine near the endoaperture of a colporate pollen grain.
The grains are 3-colporate and fastigiate.
- 4
obsoleteTapering to a point
noun
- 1
A tree or shrub with erect, parallel branches.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fastigiate?
- /fæˈstɪd͡ʒ.i.ət/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-fastigiate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fastigiate
- more fastigiate comparative
- most fastigiate superlative
- fastigiates plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fastigiate?
Fastigiate appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th 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).
Fastigiate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense erect and parallel:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | aufwärtsgerichtet |
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 fastigiate come from?
From New Latin fastīgiātus (“peaked”) (from fastīgium), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).