Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maggie

/ˈmæɡi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables: mag-gie
IPA: /ˈmæɡi/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A diminutive of the female given name Margaret.

Countable; Uncountable

name

Margaret Thatcher, former British prime minister.

Countable; Informal; Uncountable

noun

Any of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae, especially Pica pica.

noun

A superficially similar Australian bird, Gymnorhina tibicen or Cracticus tibicen.

Example Sentences

"Maggie. Never in her life had she heard her mother called Maggie. It was a name from her youth, that dead time Jerene had never been allowed to talk about [- - -]. Her mother was Margaret now."
"I could tell that some of the guests were confused by the name of Maggie―no-one had called her by that clunky, unfashionable name in years―"

Etymology

From magpie + -ie.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Maggies (plural) maggy (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Mag Mags Madge

Homonyms

maggi

Rhymes With

shaggy baggy aggie saggy craggy baggie laggy maggy faggy aggy scraggy naggy

Questions

How do you pronounce maggie?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmæɡi/.
What does maggie mean?: A diminutive of the female given name Margaret.
Where does maggie come from?: From magpie + -ie.

How to pronounce maggie

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