Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mccutcheon

/məkˈʌtʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English

Syllables
mc-cutcheon
IPA
/məkˈʌtʃən/
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Anglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Uisdein (“son of Uisdean”), a Gaelicized form of Old French Huchon, a hypocoristic form of Hughe (“Hugh”).

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Wiktionary places this term in People.

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Questions

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

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