figurate
adjective, verb
figurate is an adjective meaning “Forming a figure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-I-G-U-R-A-T-E, and it appears about once in every 72 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does figurate mean?
adjective
- 1
Forming a figure.
- 2
Florid.
verb
- 1
To shape; to give a figure.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of figurate
- figurates present, singular, he/she/it
- figurating participle, present
- figurated participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is figurate?
Figurate appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th 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).
Where does figurate come from?
From figure + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).