Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mcclurkin

/məklˈɝkən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English

Syllables: mc-clurkin
IPA: /məklˈɝkən/

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cléireacháin (“son of the little priest”), from cléireach (“priest, cleric”) + án (“diminutive suffix”).

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: Mac Cléireacháin

Usage

Inflected Forms

McClurkins (plural)

Rhymes With

zircon gerken

Questions

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

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