Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mcturk

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables: mc-turk
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Northern Irish Mac Toirc (“son of Torc”), a byname from torc (“wild boar”).

Origin

Source language: Scottish Gaelic

Word Breakdown

Root: -, Mac Toirc

Inflected Forms

McTurks (plural)

Questions

What does mcturk mean?: A surname.
Where does mcturk come from?: It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

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