prolate
/ˈpɹəʊ.leɪt/
prolate adjective: elongated at the poles.
Adjective
prolate (comparative more prolate, superlative most prolate)
- Elongated at the poles.
- A cigar is a prolate spheroid.
Verb
prolate (third-person singular simple present prolates, present participle prolating, simple past and past participle prolated)
prolate meaning in Urdu and Sanskrit
prolate in Urdu
- وسیع
prolate in Sanskrit
- to prolate
- प्लावयति plāváyati
Antonyms of prolate
Forms of prolate
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more prolate |
| superlative | most prolate |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | prolates |
| present participle | prolating |
| past participle | prolated |
| past | prolated |
Origin of prolate
From Latin prolatum, past participle of proferre (“to extend, lengthen”).
Words formed from prolate
Phrases with prolate
Words that rhyme with prolate
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- mate
- late
- bate
- create
- date
- relate
- vibrate
- wait
- deflate
- fate
- migrate
- rebate
- rotate
- strait
- supererogate
- translocate
- await
- eight
- freight
- skate
- alternate
- collate
- debate
- inflate
- sedate
- update
- compensate
- delate
- dilate
- fixate
- grate
- Haight
- hate
- implicate
- innate
- intercalate
- locate
- mandate
- negate
- overweight
- pinnate
- quadrate
- tate
- vacate
- aerate
- calibrate
- castrate
- conflate
Questions about prolate
- What does prolate mean?
- Prolate means elongated at the poles.
- What is prolate in Urdu?
- Prolate in Urdu is وسیع. See Prolate meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is prolate?
- Prolate can be an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce prolate?
- Prolate is pronounced /ˈpɹəʊ.leɪt/.
Words near prolate in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: prolate (page history and authors); prolate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); प्लावयति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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