Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mahood

/mˈɑhʊd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables: ma-hood
IPA: /mˈɑhʊd/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Etymology

* As an Irish surname, shortened from MacHood, from Ó hUid (“descendant of Ud”), in which Ó (“descendant”) has been replaced by mac (“son”). "Ud" is of uncertain origin, but could be a Gaelic rendering of an Old Norse name such as Óðr. Compare Hood. * As an English surname, variant of Maude.

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

Mahoods (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce mahood?: The recorded pronunciation is /mˈɑhʊd/.
What does mahood mean?: A surname.
Where does mahood come from?: It is traced to Irish.

How to pronounce mahood

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