mccarthy
/məˈkɑɹ.θi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.74 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A census-designated place in Copper River Census Area, Alaska, United States.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The McCarthys say they did not wish to publicize the incident, but the Catholic newspaper in Maine heard about it and wrote an article."
- "Life is finally loose, one could say, liberated from its social constrains and sincere in its necessities, its insistence and its arrogative demands, but McCarthy also reveals the implications of life's liberation and, by the same token, unmasks any misplaced romanticisations regarding its disavowal in the polis:"
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: *keh₂-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /məˈkɑɹ.θi/
- British English: /məˈkɑː.θi/
Usage
Inflected Forms
McCarthys (plural)
McCarthies (plural)
Mc Carthy (alternative)
MacCarthy (alternative)
Mac Carthy (alternative)
M'Carthy (alternative)
MaCarthy (alternative)
Carthy (alternative)
McCarty (alternative)