Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mako

/ˈmɑkoʊ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables
mako
IPA
/ˈmɑkoʊ/
10
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Ellipsis of mako shark

noun

Alternative form of Maku (“Amazon peoples”).

name

Alternative form of Maku (“languages”).

name

A surname from Hungarian.

Etymology

Borrowed from Māori makō (“shark”), a Southern Maori dialect form of the more standard mangō (“shark”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: makō, Makó

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈmɑkoʊ/
  • British English: /ˈmɑːkəʊ/

Inflected Forms

makos (plural)

Synonyms

mako shark

Rhymes With

morocco taco rocco jaco ayako sadako sako takako tocco mikako lomonaco crocco

Questions

How do you pronounce mako?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɑkoʊ/.
What does mako mean?
Ellipsis of mako shark
Where does mako come from?
It is traced to Hungarian.

How to pronounce mako

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