Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mccrum

/mɪkɹʌm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English

Syllables: mc-crum
IPA: /mɪkɹʌm/

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Etymology

Anglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Cruim (“son of the cripple”), from crom (“bent, twisted”).

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: -, Mac Cruim

Inflected Forms

McCrums (plural)

Rhymes With

from some come become dumb mum sum um drum cum thumb gum

Questions

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

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