mackenzie

Other forms of mackenzie

plural

mackenzies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mackenzie

What does mackenzie mean?

mackenzie means "Canadian explorer (born in England) who explored the Mackenzie River and who was first to cross North America by land north of Mexico (1764-1820)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mackenzie?

mackenzie has 3 syllables: mac-ken-zie. The stress falls on "ken". In IPA it is /məˈkɛnzi/.

What is another word for mackenzie?

Close synonyms include Sir Alexander Mackenzie, Mackenzie River. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mackenzie a common word?

mackenzie is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.