Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maureen

/ˈmɔːɹiːn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English

Syllables: Mau-reen
IPA: /ˈmɔːɹiːn/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A female given name from Irish.

Example Sentences

"I am Maureen because Uncle Louis liked the film star Maureen O'Hara. Fine. The fact that a small sallow baby born in Hull was unlikely to grow up into a flame-haired temptress with flashing green eyes and the cleavage the size of Galway was neither here or there. Maureen I became. Or Marine on the other side of the Atlantic. Also no-one in our house could foresee that since my father's name was Maurice I would be constantly called, with mounting frustration, 'Mauri-Morry-Maureen!'"

Etymology

Anglicized from Irish Máirín, diminutive of Máire, an Irish equivalent of Mary. By surface analysis, Maura + -een.

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: Máirín

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce maureen?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɔːɹiːn/.
What does maureen mean?: A female given name from Irish.
Where does maureen come from?: It is traced to Irish.

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