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say it: ahr-TI-kyuh-layt
articulate is a verb and adjective meaning "provide with a joint". It is pronounced /ɑɹˈtɪkjəˌleɪt/ — ahr-TI-kyuh-layt. It carries 7 recorded senses.
put into words or an expression
“He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees”
unite by forming a joint or joints
“the ankle bone articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle bones”
expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language
“articulate speech”
“an articulate orator”
“articulate beings”
consisting of segments held together by joints
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for articulate come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.