murphy

Other forms of murphy

plural

murphies·

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 murphy

What does murphy mean?

murphy means "an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland".

How many syllables are in murphy?

murphy has 2 syllables: mur-phy. The stress falls on "mur". In IPA it is /ˈmɝfi/.

What is another word for murphy?

Close synonyms include potato, white potato, Irish potato, spud, tater. 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 murphy a common word?

murphy is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.