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macintosh

/ˈmækɪntɒʃ/

macintosh is the alternative form of mackintosh.

Meaning of mackintosh

Noun

mackintosh (countable and uncountable, plural mackintoshes)

  1. A waterproof long coat made of rubberized cloth.
  2. (broadly) Any waterproof coat or raincoat.
    • John had great big waterproof boots on;
      John had a great big waterproof hat;
      John had a great big waterproof mackintosh --
      And that (Said John) is that.c. 1924, A.A. Milne, "Happiness", in When We Were Very Young
  3. Waterproof rubberized cloth.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Macintosh

Macintosh (plural Macintoshes)

  1. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Noun (1) capitalized: Macintosh

Macintosh (plural Macintoshes)

  1. A brand of personal computer manufactured by Apple Inc.

Noun (2) capitalized: Macintosh

Macintosh (plural Macintoshes)

  1. (alternative, dated) Alternative spelling of mackintosh (“a raincoat”)

Proper noun (2) capitalized: MacIntosh

MacIntosh

  1. A surname.

Forms of macintosh

Noun
pluralmacintoshes
pluralMacintoshes
Proper noun
pluralMacintoshes

Origin of macintosh

From Scottish Gaelic Mac an Tòisiche, meaning "son of the thane (Old Irish toísech (“leader”))". The brand is named after McIntosh, an apple cultivar, in turn also from the Scottish Gaelic name.

Words formed from macintosh

Questions about macintosh

What does macintosh mean?
Macintosh means a Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
What is macintosh the alternative form of?
Macintosh is the alternative form of mackintosh.
What part of speech is macintosh?
Macintosh can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce macintosh?
Macintosh is pronounced /ˈmækɪntɒʃ/.

Words near macintosh in the dictionary

  1. macin
  2. macing
  3. macins
  4. MacIntel
  5. MacIntels
  6. macintosh
  7. macintoshed
  8. Macintosher
  9. Macintoshers
  10. macintoshes
  11. Macintoshian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: macintosh (page history and authors); Macintosh (page history and authors); MacIntosh (page history and authors); mackintosh (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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