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maclaurin

/məˈklɒɹɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables
maclau-rin
IPA
/məˈklɒɹɪn/
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic Mac Labhrainn (literally “son of Lawrence”). Equivalent to Mac- + Laurin.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

McLaurin (alternative, obsolete) M'Laurin (alternative, obsolete)

Phrases

Euler-Maclaurin formula Maclaurin polynomial Maclaurin series Maclaurin spheroid

Questions

How do you pronounce maclaurin?
The recorded pronunciation is /məˈklɒɹɪn/.
What does maclaurin mean?
A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Where does maclaurin come from?
It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

How to pronounce maclaurin

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