urinate
/ˈjʊɹɪneɪt/verb
urinate is spelled U-R-I-N-A-T-E: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, urinate means “To pass urine from the body” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in urinate?
| Letters | 7: U-R-I-N-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,565th 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 urinate?
Urinate appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th 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 urinate?
- UK /ˈjʊəɹɪneɪt/
- US /ˈjʊɹɪneɪt/
- US /ˈjʊəɹɪneɪt/
Urinate 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: En-us-urinate.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with urinate?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as urinate (/ʊɹɪneɪt/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: taurine.
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 urinate
- urinates present, singular, he/she/it
- urinating participle, present
- urinated participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does urinate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To pass urine from the body.
Our new puppy still urinates on the carpet, but we're housebreaking her.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Urinate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to pass urine from the body:
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 urinate come from?
Borrowed from Medieval Latin urinātus, perfect passive participle of urinō (“urinate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), equivalent to urine + -ate. Compare French uriner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).