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mccarty

/məˈkɑɹ.ti/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English

Syllables
mc-car-ty
IPA
/məˈkɑɹ.ti/
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Pemiscot County, Missouri, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Southern Irish variant of McCarthy.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /məˈkɑɹ.ti/
  • British English: /məˈkɑː.ti/

Usage

Inflected Forms

McCartys (plural) Mc Carty (alternative) MacCarty (alternative) Mac Carty (alternative) Macarty (alternative) M'Carty (alternative) Carty (alternative)

Rhymes With

party marty hearty artie arty moriarty parti smarty carty harty ugarte mclarty

Questions

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

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