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mulvey

/ˈmʌl.vi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English

Syllables
mul-vey
IPA
/ˈmʌl.vi/
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoilmhiadhaigh (“descendant of Maoilmhiadhach”), a personal name composed of the elements maol (“servant, devotee”) + miadhach (“honorable”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Ó Maoilmhiadhaigh

Usage

Inflected Forms

Mulveys (plural)

Derived Forms

Mulveyan

Rhymes With

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Questions

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

How to pronounce mulvey

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