alate

Questions about alate

What does alate mean?

alate means "(of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions".

How many syllables are in alate?

alate has 2 syllables and divides as a-late under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for alate?

Close synonyms include alated. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is alate a common word?

alate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.