Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

malley

/mˈæli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English

Syllables: mal-ley
IPA: /mˈæli/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

noun

Indian usage; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[…] not one-third of the work was done under the direction of the Garden Purvoe and Head Malley only, […]"
"[…] a Gora-walla, or groom for every horse, and, according to the extent of the garden, from one to six Malleys, or gardeners."

Etymology

* As an Irish surname, shortened form of O'Malley. * As an English surname of Norman origin, from several places in France named Mailly, from Latin Mallius, a nomen. * As a Carpathian Rusyn surname, Americanized from Mlej; see Malay. Similar Slavic variants exist such as Polish Mały, Czech and Slovak Malý, Slovene Malý; see Maly. * Also as a Slovene and Slovak surname, from Malej; see Maley.

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: -, Mallius, Mały, Malý

Usage

Inflected Forms

Malleys (plural) Maley (alternative) Mally (alternative) Mealey (alternative) Mealy (alternative) mali (alternative) mallee (alternative) molly (alternative)

Homonyms

mally

Rhymes With

valley rally finale sally alley tally verbally o'malley galley allie dally bally

Questions

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

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