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mccartney

/məkˈkɑː(ɹ)t.ni/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables
Mc-Cart-ney
IPA
/məkˈkɑː(ɹ)t.ni/
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An Irish surname from Scottish Gaelic, notably of Sir Paul McCartney (b. 1942), one of the Beatles.

name

An unincorporated community in Waterloo, Grant County, Wisconsin, United States.

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Artaine (literally “son of Artan”), from mac (“son”) + Artan, a diminutive of the name Art, from Old Irish art (“bear”). Compare McCartan, of similar origin.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

Macartney (alternative)

Derived Forms

McCartneyesque

Phrases

McCartney bottle McCartney Cay

Rhymes With

macartney hartney

Questions

How do you pronounce mccartney?
The recorded pronunciation is /məkˈkɑː(ɹ)t.ni/.
What does mccartney mean?
An Irish surname from Scottish Gaelic, notably of Sir Paul McCartney (b. 1942), one of the Beatles.
Where does mccartney come from?
It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

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