Big Mac

See also: Big Mäc

English

Etymology

big and the patronymic Mac (from the Mc in McDonald's).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /bɪɡ mæk/

Noun

Big Mac (plural Big Macs)

1. A hamburger from the fast food company McDonald's, served on a three-part bun with various condiments.
   • 1980, Tom Lorenz, Guys Like Us, Viking Press, page 1:

     On his thirtieth birthday Buddy Barnes received a reindeer sweater and a ten-dollar bill from his mom, as well as the following gifts from the Sticks: two Big Mac certificates, a package of ribbed prophylactics, three pairs of toe socks, a bottle of Wild Turkey, [...].

   • 2001, Bjørn Lomborg, The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World, Cambridge University Press, page 73:

     In a light-hearted vein, the weekly news magazine The Economist has tested the PPP index by producing its own Big Mac index. This shows how much a standardized product such as a Big Mac costs in different countries and the result is actually surprisingly close to the PPP index.

   • 2003, Arthur Agatston, The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Management, Rodale, page 144:

     I've heard my patients talk about exercising to "burn off the Big Mac" they ate for lunch or for that key lime pie they demolished last night. However, this type of reasoning isn't all that compelling if you sit down and work out the math. You must walk more than 6 miles—well over an hour—to burn off a Big Mac.

   • 2006, Dr. Calvin Miller, The Dogs of Snoqualmie, Broadman & Holman Publishers, page 12:

     But when he comes back, he'll come home from work with a poisoned Big Mac and try to do me in.

Translations

burger

• Arabic: بِيج مَاك m (big mak), بِيغ مَاك m (big mak), بِيغ مَاك m (biḡ mak)
• Armenian: Բիգ Մակ (Big Mak)
• Belarusian: Біг Ма́к m (Bih Mák)
• Bulgarian: Биг Мак m (Big Mak)
• Catalan: Big Mec m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 巨無霸／巨无霸 (geoi⁶ mou⁴ baa³)

  Mandarin: 巨無霸／巨无霸 (zh) (jùwúbà), 大麥克漢堡／大麦克汉堡 (Dà Màikè Hànbǎo) (Taiwan), 麥香堡／麦香堡 (zh) (Màixiāngbǎo) (Taiwan, obsolete)

• Czech: Big Mac m
• Danish: Big Mac
• Dutch: Big Mac m
• Finnish: Big Mac
• French: Big Mac m
• German: Big Mäc m, Big Mac m
• Greek: Μπιγκ Μακ (Bigk Mak)
• Hebrew: ביג מק m (big mek)
• Hindi: बिग मैक (big maik)
• Hungarian: Big Mac (hu)
• Italian: Big Mac m
• Japanese: ビッグマック (biggumakku)
• Kannada: ಬಿಗ್ ಮಕ್ (big mak)
• Korean: 빅맥 (bingmaek)
• Macedonian: Биг Мек m (Big Mek)
• Malay: Big Mac
• Maori: Makanui
• Marathi: बिग मॅक (big mĕk)
• Norwegian: Big Mac m
• Persian: بیگ مک (big mak)
• Polish: Big Mac m
• Portuguese: Big Mac m
• Romanian: Big Mac n
• Russian: Биг Ма́к (ru) m (Big Mák), биг-мэ́к m (big-mɛ́k), биг-ма́к m (big-mák)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Биг Мак m

  Roman: Big Mac m

• Sinhalese: බිග් මැක් (big mæk)
• Slovak: Big Mac m
• Slovene: Big Mac m inan
• Spanish: Big Mac m or f
• Swedish: Big Mac c
• Tamil: பிக் மக் (pik mak)
• Telugu: బిగ్ మక్ (big mak)
• Thai: บิ๊กแม็ค (bík-máek)
• Turkish: Big Mac
• Ukrainian: Біг Ма́к m (Bih Mák), Біґ Ма́к m (Big Mák)
• Urdu: بگ میک (big maik)

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Big Mac.

Noun

Big Mac c (singular definite Big Macen, plural indefinite Big Macer)

1. Big Mac

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English Big Mac.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɪkˈmɛk/

Noun

Big Mac m (plural Big Macs, diminutive Big Macje n)

1. Big Mac

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Big Mac.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiɡ ˈmæk/, [ˈbiɡ ˈmæk]

Noun

Big Mac

1. Big Mac

Declension

Inflection of Big Mac (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Big Mac	Big Macit
genitive		Big Macin	Big Macien
partitive		Big Maciä	Big Macejä
illative		Big Maciin	Big Maceihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Big Mac	Big Macit
accusative	nom.	Big Mac	Big Macit
	gen.	Big Macin
genitive		Big Macin	Big Macien
partitive		Big Maciä	Big Macejä
inessive		Big Macissä	Big Maceissä
elative		Big Macistä	Big Maceistä
illative		Big Maciin	Big Maceihin
adessive		Big Macillä	Big Maceillä
ablative		Big Maciltä	Big Maceiltä
allative		Big Macille	Big Maceille
essive		Big Macinä	Big Maceinä
translative		Big Maciksi	Big Maceiksi
abessive		Big Macittä	Big Maceittä
instructive		—	Big Macein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Big Mac (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Big Macini Big Macini accusative nom. Big Macini Big Macini gen. Big Macini genitive Big Macini Big Macieni partitive Big Maciäni Big Macejäni inessive Big Macissäni Big Maceissäni elative Big Macistäni Big Maceistäni illative Big Maciini Big Maceihini adessive Big Macilläni Big Maceilläni ablative Big Maciltäni Big Maceiltäni allative Big Macilleni Big Maceilleni essive Big Macinäni Big Maceinäni translative Big Macikseni Big Maceikseni abessive Big Macittäni Big Maceittäni instructive — — comitative — Big Maceineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Big Macisi Big Macisi accusative nom. Big Macisi Big Macisi gen. Big Macisi genitive Big Macisi Big Maciesi partitive Big Maciäsi Big Macejäsi inessive Big Macissäsi Big Maceissäsi elative Big Macistäsi Big Maceistäsi illative Big Maciisi Big Maceihisi adessive Big Macilläsi Big Maceilläsi ablative Big Maciltäsi Big Maceiltäsi allative Big Macillesi Big Maceillesi essive Big Macinäsi Big Maceinäsi translative Big Maciksesi Big Maceiksesi abessive Big Macittäsi Big Maceittäsi instructive — — comitative — Big Maceinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Big Macimme Big Macimme accusative nom. Big Macimme Big Macimme gen. Big Macimme genitive Big Macimme Big Maciemme partitive Big Maciämme Big Macejämme inessive Big Macissämme Big Maceissämme elative Big Macistämme Big Maceistämme illative Big Maciimme Big Maceihimme adessive Big Macillämme Big Maceillämme ablative Big Maciltämme Big Maceiltämme allative Big Macillemme Big Maceillemme essive Big Macinämme Big Maceinämme translative Big Maciksemme Big Maceiksemme abessive Big Macittämme Big Maceittämme instructive — — comitative — Big Maceinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Big Macinne Big Macinne accusative nom. Big Macinne Big Macinne gen. Big Macinne genitive Big Macinne Big Macienne partitive Big Maciänne Big Macejänne inessive Big Macissänne Big Maceissänne elative Big Macistänne Big Maceistänne illative Big Maciinne Big Maceihinne adessive Big Macillänne Big Maceillänne ablative Big Maciltänne Big Maceiltänne allative Big Macillenne Big Maceillenne essive Big Macinänne Big Maceinänne translative Big Maciksenne Big Maceiksenne abessive Big Macittänne Big Maceittänne instructive — — comitative — Big Maceinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Big Macinsä Big Macinsä accusative nom. Big Macinsä Big Macinsä gen. Big Macinsä genitive Big Macinsä Big Maciensä partitive Big Maciään Big Maciänsä Big Macejään Big Macejänsä inessive Big Macissään Big Macissänsä Big Maceissään Big Maceissänsä elative Big Macistään Big Macistänsä Big Maceistään Big Maceistänsä illative Big Maciinsä Big Maceihinsä adessive Big Macillään Big Macillänsä Big Maceillään Big Maceillänsä ablative Big Maciltään Big Maciltänsä Big Maceiltään Big Maceiltänsä allative Big Macilleen Big Macillensä Big Maceilleen Big Maceillensä essive Big Macinään Big Macinänsä Big Maceinään Big Maceinänsä translative Big Macikseen Big Maciksensä Big Maceikseen Big Maceiksensä abessive Big Macittään Big Macittänsä Big Maceittään Big Maceittänsä instructive — — comitative — Big Maceineen Big Maceinensä

Synonyms

• (informal) big mäk

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Big Mac.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biɡ mak/

Noun

Big Mac m (plural Big Mac or Big Macs)

1. Big Mac

German

Noun

Big Mac m (strong, genitive Big Mac or Big Macs, plural Big Macs)

1. Alternative form of Big Mäc

Declension

Declension of Big Mac [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Big Mac	die	Big Macs
genitive	eines	des	Big Mac, Big Macs	der	Big Macs
dative	einem	dem	Big Mac	den	Big Macs
accusative	einen	den	Big Mac	die	Big Macs

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Big Mac.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbiɡmɛk]

Noun

Big Mac (plural Big Macek)

1. Big Mac

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Big Mac	Big Macek
accusative	Big Macet	Big Maceket
dative	Big Macnek	Big Maceknek
instrumental	Big Mackel	Big Macekkel
causal-final	Big Macért	Big Macekért
translative	Big Macké	Big Macekké
terminative	Big Macig	Big Macekig
essive-formal	Big Macként	Big Macekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Big Macben	Big Macekben
superessive	Big Macen	Big Maceken
adessive	Big Macnél	Big Maceknél
illative	Big Macbe	Big Macekbe
sublative	Big Macre	Big Macekre
allative	Big Machez	Big Macekhez
elative	Big Macből	Big Macekből
delative	Big Macről	Big Macekről
ablative	Big Mactől	Big Macektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	Big Macé	Big Maceké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Big Macéi	Big Macekéi

Possessive forms of Big Mac
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Big Macem	Big Macjeim
2nd person sing.	Big Maced	Big Macjeid
3rd person sing.	Big Macje	Big Macjei
1st person plural	Big Macünk	Big Macjeink
2nd person plural	Big Macetek	Big Macjeitek
3rd person plural	Big Macjük	Big Macjeik

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Big Mac.

Noun

Big Mac m (plural Big Macs)

1. Big Mac
2. plural of Big Mac

Usage notes

• The plural may either be Big Mac or Big Macs depending on whether it is treated as an invariable noun or not.

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English Big Mac.

Noun

Big Mac (plural Big-Big Mac, informal 1st possessive Big Macku, 2nd possessive Big Macmu, 3rd possessive Big Macnya)

1. Big Mac

Polish

Big Mac

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from American English Big Mac.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiɡ.mak/
• Rhymes: -iɡmak

Noun

Big Mac m animal

1. Big Mac (hamburger from the fast food company McDonald's, served on a three-part bun with various condiments)

   Hypernyms: burger, hamburger

Declension

Declension of Big Mac

	singular	plural
nominative	Big Mac	Big Maki
genitive	Big Maca	Big Maców
dative	Big Macowi	Big Macom
accusative	Big Maca	Big Maki
instrumental	Big Makiem	Big Macami
locative	Big Macu	Big Macach
vocative	Big Macu	Big Maki

Further reading

• Big Mac in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Big Mac in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Big Mac.

Noun

Big Mac m (plural Big Macs)

1. Big Mac

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Big Mac.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbiɡ ˈmak/ [ˌbiɣ̞ ˈmak]
• Syllabification: Big Mac

Noun

Big Mac m or f by sense (plural Big Macs)

1. Big Mac

Swedish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Big Mac.

Noun

Big Mac c

1. Big Mac
   • 2014 September 5, Jacob Gudiol, “”Riskerna med sötningsmedel är överdrivna” ["The risks of sweeteners are exaggerated."]”, in Svenska Dagbladet:

     Den enda formen av studier där man sett ett samband mellan drycker sötade med sötningsmedel och högre vikt är så kallad epidemiologi. Det du har där är ett exempel på besökaren som beställer två Big Mac med stor pommes och sen tar en lightläsk till det. Det är alltså en association.

     The only type of study where a connection has been observed between drinks sweetened with artificial sweeteners and higher weight is so-called epidemiology. What you have there is an example of a visitor ordering two Big Macs with large fries and then having a diet soda with it. It's therefore an association.

   • 2020 September 15, Fredrik Andersson, Sven Bertil Liljegren, “Världens bäst betalda: Messis monsterlön - 39 Big Mac i minuten [The world's highest paid: Messi's monstrous salary - 39 Big Macs per minute]”, in Fotbollskanalen.se‎^[1]:

     Skulle det till exempel kurra i magen kan Lionel Messi unna sig och sina 38 bästa vänner en Big Mac i minuten, varje minut, dygnet runt - 365 dagar om året.

     If, for example, Lionel Messi's stomach were to rumble, he could treat himself and his 38 best friends to a Big Mac per minute, every minute, around the clock - 365 days a year.

   • 2023 October 11, Henrik Ekblom Ystén, “När Stephen King ringde Hans-Åke [When Stephen King called Hans-Åke]”, in Vi:

     Han har inte alltid själv gjort så mycket för att nyansera bilden – förr brukade han säga att han var litteraturens motsvarighet till Big Mac & Co – men på senare år har han faktiskt börjat avlägsna sig mer från skräcken.

     He hasn't always done much to nuance the image himself – before he used to say he was the literary equivalent of Big Mac meal – but in recent years, he has actually started to distance himself more from horror.

Declension

Declension of Big Mac
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	Big Mac	Big Macen	Big Macs	-
Genitive	Big Macs	Big Macens	Big Macs	-

Derived terms

• Big Mac-index (“Big Mac index”)

See also

• Donken