mach

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
12
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/mɑːk/
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/mɑːk/ · /mæk/ · /maːx/

Definition of mach

5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A surname from Czech.
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name

  1. A surname from Czech.
  2. Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist (1838–1916), born in Moravia (now Czech Republic).

noun

  1. (uncountable)A ratio of the speed (of an object, etc.) to the speed of sound in the fluid or other medium through which the object travels. Usually used to describe supersonic speeds; always precedes the Mach number.
    “The jet traveled at Mach 3.”
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal)Clipping of Machiavellian.
    “The 1992 review concluded that Machs are generally less satisfied with their jobs.”

phrase

  1. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of microservices, API-first, cloud-native, headless.

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Etymology

* As a Polish, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, and Lower Sorbian surname, from pet forms produced by truncation of personal names beginning with Ma- such as Matej, Martin, or Maciej, and…

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* As a Polish, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, and Lower Sorbian surname, from pet forms produced by truncation of personal names beginning with Ma- such as Matej, Martin, or Maciej, and the addition of the Slavic suffix -ch. * As a Jewish surname, from German Mache (“work”). * Less commonly, a respelling of Hungarian Mács, a pet form of names corresponding to Matthew. * In some cases, from Vietnamese (Mạch, itself from the Chinese name 麥 /麦) or Cambodian, from Khmer ម៉ាច (maac).

Anagrams of mach

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Words you can make from mach

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3-letter words

3 words

2-letter words

5 words

Hooks

3 extensions · 3 back

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