Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mulvaney

/mˌʌlvˈeɪni/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.38 in modern English

Syllables: mul-vaney
IPA: /mˌʌlvˈeɪni/

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Example Sentences

"When asked about one 21st CCLC program in rural Pennsylvania, Mulvaney wasn't familiar with it but spoke of after-school programs generally."
"The brand’s Bud Light customers abandoned the beer after it partnered with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney and botched its response to the controversy."

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoilmheana (“descendant of the chieftain of the Main river”).

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: Ó Maoilmheana

Inflected Forms

Mulvaneys (plural) Mulvany (alternative) Mulvenna (alternative)

Rhymes With

rainy cheney delaney allegheny chaney grainy rainey janie bahraini zany khomeini brainy

Questions

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

How to pronounce mulvaney

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