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mcclatchey

/məklˈætʃi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables
mc-clatchey
IPA
/məklˈætʃi/
24
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Northern Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Èitigh (“son of the ugly lad”), from gille (“boy, lad”) and èitigh (“unseemly, ugly”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

McClatcheys (plural)

Rhymes With

apache patchy scratchy wenatchee achey hachey

Questions

How do you pronounce mcclatchey?
The recorded pronunciation is /məklˈætʃi/.
What does mcclatchey mean?
A surname.
Where does mcclatchey come from?
It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

How to pronounce mcclatchey

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