Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maley

/mˈeɪli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.99 in modern English

Syllables
ma-ley
IPA
/mˈeɪli/
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Etymology

* As an Irish surname, variant of Malley, see O'Malley. * As a Carpathian Rusyn surname, variant of Mljec, from млєц (mljec, “to mill”), from Proto-Slavic *melti. * As a Czech and Slovak (Malý), Polish (Mały, Maly), and Slovene surname (Mali), from *malъ (“little, small”). Compare Maly.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Maleys (plural)

Homonyms

maly

Rhymes With

daily israeli bailey haley daly hayley daley hailey ukulele bayley aly baillie

Questions

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

How to pronounce maley

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