undergraduate
noun, adjective
undergraduate is spelled U-N-D-E-R-G-R-A-D-U-A-T-E: 13 letters and 5 syllables. It appears 7.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,918th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, undergraduate means “A student at a university who has not yet received a degree” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of undergraduate is undergraduates.
How many letters and syllables are in undergraduate?
| Letters | 13: U-N-D-E-R-G-R-A-D-U-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.1 times per million words; the 8,918th 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 undergraduate?
Undergraduate appears 7.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,918th 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 undergraduate?
- US
Undergraduate has 5 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)-Vininn126-undergraduate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of undergraduate
- undergraduates plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does undergraduate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A student at a university who has not yet received a degree.
adjective
- 1
Of, relating to, or being an undergraduate.
After completing my undergraduate studies, I embarked on a career in publishing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate undergraduate?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of undergraduate: UG.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Undergraduate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | étudiant de licence |
| German | Student |
| Portuguese | estudante de graduação, graduando , de graduação |
| Spanish | estudiante universitario no licenciado |
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 undergraduate come from?
From under- + graduate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).