mako

Other forms of mako

plural

makoes·

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 mako

What does mako mean?

mako means "powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific".

How many syllables are in mako?

mako has 2 syllables: ma-ko. The stress falls on "ma". In IPA it is /ˈmɑkoʊ/.

What is another word for mako?

Close synonyms include mako shark. 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 mako a common word?

mako 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.