McCarthy
UK/məˈkɑː.θi/US/məˈkɑɹ.θi/
McCarthy proper noun: a surname from Irish.
Proper noun
McCarthy (countable and uncountable, plural McCarthys or McCarthies)
- A surname from Irish.
- The McCarthys say they did not wish to publicize the incident, but the Catholic newspaper in Maine heard about it and wrote an article.1998 October 11, Laurie Goodstein, “Miracle in Massachusetts Qualified Stein for Sainthood”, in The New York Times
- Life is finally loose, one could say, liberated from its social constrains and sincere in its necessities, its insistence and its arrogative demands, but McCarthy also reveals the implications of life's liberation and, by the same token, unmasks any misplaced romanticisations regarding its...2019, Joe Trotta, Zlatan Filipovic, Houman Sadri, Broken Mirrors, page 1995
- A census-designated place in Copper River Census Area, Alaska, United States.
McCarthy meaning in Tamil
McCarthy in Tamil
- மக்கார்த்தி
Forms of McCarthy
| plural | McCarthys |
|---|---|
| plural | McCarthies |
| alternative form | Mc Carthy |
| alternative form | Mccarthy |
| alternative form | MacCarthy |
| alternative form | Mac Carthy |
| alternative form | Maccarthy |
| alternative form | M'Carthy |
| alternative form | MaCarthy |
| alternative form | Macarthy |
| alternative form | Carthy |
| alternative form | McCarty |
Origin of McCarthy
Borrowed from Irish Mac Carthaigh (literally “son of Carthach”).
Words formed from McCarthy
- Charlie McCarthy
- McCarthian
- McCarthyan
- McCarthyesque
- McCarthyism
- McCarthyist
- McCarthyistic
- McCarthyite
- McCarthy's shrew
Questions about McCarthy
- What does McCarthy mean?
- McCarthy means a surname from Irish.
- What is McCarthy in Tamil?
- McCarthy in Tamil is மக்கார்த்தி. See McCarthy meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is McCarthy?
- McCarthy is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce McCarthy?
- McCarthy is pronounced /məˈkɑː.θi/ (UK).
Words near McCarthy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: McCarthy (page history and authors); McCarthy (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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