Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to ululate
Participle: ululated
Gerund: ululating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | ululate |
| you | ululate |
| he;she;it | ululates |
| we | ululate |
| you | ululate |
| they | ululate |
Perfect
| I | have ululated |
| you | have ululated |
| he;she;it | has ululated |
| we | have ululated |
| you | have ululated |
| they | have ululated |
Past
| I | ululated |
| you | ululated |
| he;she;it | ululated |
| we | ululated |
| you | ululated |
| they | ululated |
Pluperfect
| I | had ululated |
| you | had ululated |
| he;she;it | had ululated |
| we | had ululated |
| you | had ululated |
| they | had ululated |
Future
| I | will ululate |
| you | will ululate |
| he;she;it | will ululate |
| we | will ululate |
| you | will ululate |
| they | will ululate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have ululated |
| you | will have ululated |
| he;she;it | will have ululated |
| we | will have ululated |
| you | will have ululated |
| they | will have ululated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | ululate |
| you | ululate |
| he;she;it | ululate |
| we | ululate |
| you | ululate |
| they | ululate |
Perfect
| I | have ululated |
| you | have ululated |
| he;she;it | have ululated |
| we | have ululated |
| you | have ululated |
| they | have ululated |
Imperfect
| I | ululated |
| you | ululated |
| he;she;it | ululated |
| we | ululated |
| you | ululated |
| they | ululated |
Pluperfect
| I | had ululated |
| you | had ululated |
| he;she;it | had ululated |
| we | had ululated |
| you | had ululated |
| they | had ululated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would ululate |
| you | would ululate |
| he;she;it | would ululate |
| we | would ululate |
| you | would ululate |
| they | would ululate |
Perfect
| I | would have ululated |
| you | would have ululated |
| he;she;it | would have ululated |
| we | would have ululated |
| you | would have ululated |
| they | would have ululated |
Imperative
| you | ululate |
| we | Let's ululate |
| you | ululate |
Verbs conjugated like 'ululate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'ululate'
adulate,
æmulate,
cubulate,
cumulate,
eluate,
eluxate,
emulate,
jugulate,
luxate,
ovulate,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ululō, ululātus, of imitative origin. Cognate with Spanish aullar (“to howl”) and ulular (“to hoot”), and French ululer (“to howl”). See: Spanish '
aullar', French '
ululer'.
Verbs referencing "ululate"
Ido ulular, Spanish
ulular, Esperanto
ululi, Spanish
aullar, Turkish
ulumak, Esperanto
hurli.
Sample Sentences
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Should I ever marry, Watson, I should hope to inspire my wife with some feeling which would prevent her from being walked off by a housekeeper when my corpse was lying within a few yards of her. It was badly stage-managed; for even the rawest investigators must be struck by the absence of the usual feminine ululation. [1915, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear:]
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Women dance in tight circles, ululating with joy, while groups of men sit nearby watching. [2025 June 30, Andrei Popoviciu, “In Sudan, a bride and her village celebrate love in a time of war”, in The Christian Science Monitor, archived from the original on 03 Jul 2025:]