overwordExplorer
ENGLISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

crenellate.

To furnish with crenelles.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈkɹɛnɛleɪt/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkɹɛnəˌleɪt/General-American
  1. To furnish with crenelles.

  2. To indent; to notch.

Where this word comes from

From French créneler (“to defend with crenels, make crenelated, crenelate”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Créneler is derived from Old French crenel (“crenel, embrasure (modern French créneau)”) + -er (forms verbs of the first conjugation)), further from crene (“notch”) + -el (diminutive-forming sufix), perhaps related to Latin crēna (“incision; notch”) or of gaulish origin. Equivalent to crenel + -ate.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

crenellate has 10 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

crenellate studiocrenellate workshello, crenellate

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.