English Explanatory Dictionary

Macbeth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A William Shakespeare play, about the Scottish royal family.
  2. The title character of said play.
  3. An 11th-century king of Scotland.
  4. A surname.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/məkˈbɛθ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Macbeth.wav

Word forms

Macbeth

Etymology

Anglicization of Middle Irish Mac Bethad, equivalent to the modern mac (“son of”) bheatha (“life”).

Related words

Scottish play

Derived words

Lady Macbeth Macbeth chart Macbeth trap Macbethian
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