nauseate
/ˈnɔziˌeɪt/verb
nauseate is spelled N-A-U-S-E-A-T-E: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, nauseate means “To cause nausea in” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in nauseate?
| Letters | 8: N-A-U-S-E-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 56 million words; the 234,209th 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 nauseate?
Nauseate appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th 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 nauseate?
- US /ˈnɔziˌeɪt/
Nauseate 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-nauseate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of nauseate
- nauseates present, singular, he/she/it
- nauseating participle, present
- nauseated participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nauseate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To cause nausea in.
- 2
To disgust.
- 3
To become squeamish; to feel nausea; to turn away with disgust.
- 4
obsoleteTo reject or spit (something) out because it causes a feeling of nausea.
- 5
obsoleteTo be disgusted by (something).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Nauseate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense To cause nausea:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | nausear, producir náusea, producir náuseas, causar náusea, causar náuseas, provocar náusea |
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 nauseate come from?
From earlier nauseat, from Latin nauseātus (“nauseated”), perfect past participle of nauseō (“to feel sea sick, nauseate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix, of participial origin)), from nausea, from Ancient Greek ναυσία (nausía), from ναῦς (naûs), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂-. By surface analysis, nausea + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).