senate
/ˈsɛnət/noun
senate is spelled S-E-N-A-T-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 63 times per million words in written English, the 1,668th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, senate means “In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of senate is senates.
How many letters and syllables are in senate?
| Letters | 6: S-E-N-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 63 times per million words; the 1,668th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is senate?
Senate appears 63 times per million words in written English, the 1,668th 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 senate?
- UK /ˈsɛnɪt/
- US /ˈsɛnət/
- US /ˈsɛnɪt/
Senate has 2 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: En-us-senate.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with senate?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as senate (/ɛnət/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sateen.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of senate
- senates plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does senate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.
- 2
A group of experienced, respected, wise individuals serving as decision makers or advisors in a political system or in institutional governance, as in a university, and traditionally of advanced age.
- 3
In Germany, the executive branch of government in the city states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg; the governments of cities that were part of the Hanseatic League; and the bench in a higher appellate court.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Senate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems:
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 senate come from?
From Middle English senat, from Old French senat, from Latin senātus (“council of elders; a senate”), from senex (“old”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).