name
Meaning 1
A diminutive of the female given name Margaret.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Standard Lemma guide
Maggie
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Pronunciation
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/ˈmæɡi/
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rhymes with -æɡi
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CMU ARPABET: M AE1 G IY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
Margaret Thatcher, former British prime minister.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
Meaning 3
Any of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae, especially Pica pica.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A superficially similar Australian bird, Gymnorhina tibicen or Cracticus tibicen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology
From magpie + -ie.
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 瑪吉 /玛吉 (Mǎjí) — female given name
- Danish: Grete — female given name
- Danish: Grethe — female given name
- Danish: Merete — female given name
- Danish: Meta — female given name
- Danish: Mette — female given name
- Dutch: Greet — female given name
- Dutch: Greetje — female given name
- Dutch: Griet — female given name
- Finnish: Reeta — female given name
- Finnish: Reetta — female given name
- French: Maguy — female given name
- French: Margot — female given name
- Galician: Margarida — female given name
- Galician: Marga — female given name
- German: Gretel — female given name
- German: Greta — female given name
- German: Gretchen — female given name
- German: Grete — female given name
- German: Meta — female given name
- Hungarian: Gitta — female given name
- Hungarian: Gréta — female given name
- Icelandic: Gréta — female given name
- Italian: Rita — female given name
- Italian: Greta — female given name
- Japanese: マギー (Magī) — female given name
- Korean: 매기 (Maegi) — female given name
- Limburgish: Greet — female given name
- Lithuanian: Greta — female given name
- Norwegian: Grete — female given name
- Norwegian: Grethe — female given name
- Norwegian: Meta — female given name
- Norwegian: Mette — female given name
- Polish: Gosia — female given name
- Polish: Małgosia — female given name
- Polish: Marzena — female given name
- Spanish: Rita — female given name
- Swedish: Greta — female given name
- Swedish: Märta — female given name
- Swedish: Meta — female given name
- Welsh: Mared — female given name
- Finnish: harakka — Pica pica
- Finnish: isohuiluvaris — Gymnorhina tibicen
Real reading context