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Macbeth¹

  • /məkˈbɛθ/

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

  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. On a Tuesday in April 2017, Janet Macbeth composed an all-office email. “My story,” read the subject line in Nishnaabemwin, the Ojibwe language. “Hello everyone,” the email continued in Nishnaabemwin. “My name is Janet.”

MacBeth²

proper noun

  1. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: lady, evans, murderer, regicide, usurper, tyrant, killer, assassin, butcher, ruthless, ambitious, paranoid, schemer, traitor, oppressor, despot

Translations

Every language

name a Shakespeare play

日本語マクベス Makubesu
中文麥克白 /麦克白 Màikèbái
ΕλληνικάΜάκβεθ Mákveth
РусскийМакбе́т Makbét

name the main character of the Shakespeare play Macbeth

中文麥克白 /麦克白 Màikèbái
ΕλληνικάΜάκβεθ Mákveth
РусскийМакбе́т Makbét

name 11th-century king of Scotland

ΕλληνικάΜάκβεθ Mákveth
РусскийМакбе́т Makbét

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MLA

"Macbeth." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/macbeth. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Macbeth. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/macbeth

Chicago

"Macbeth." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/macbeth.

BibTeX
@misc{macbeth_2026,
  title = {Macbeth},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/macbeth},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}