Macedonian

English

Alternative forms

• Makedonian

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mæsəˈdəʊniən/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /mæsəˈdoʊniən/
• Rhymes: -əʊniən

Etymology 1

From Middle English Macedonyen, partly from Macedonia and partly from Latin Macedonius, + -an; equivalent to Macedonia +‎ -an.

Adjective

Macedonian (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Macedonia or its people or language.

   Synonym: Macedonic

   • 2014, Raymond Detrez, Historical Dictionary of Bulgaria, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 305:

     Actually, this ethnic situation—a “macédoine” of peoples—was complicated even more from the 1860s on when some of the Slavs in Macedonia who had always called themselves Bulgarians (and were considered so by most foreign experts) began developing a Macedonian national consciousness.

Derived terms

• Macedonianness
• Macedonian pine
• Macedonian vimba

Translations

of Macedonia or its people or language

• Afrikaans: Masedonies (af)
• Albanian: maqedonas (sq) m, maqedonase f, sllavomaqedonas m, sllavomaqedonase f
• Arabic: مَقْدُونِيّ (maqdūniyy), مَقْدُونِيّ (maqdōniyy)
• Armenian: մակեդոնական (hy) (makedonakan)
• Aromanian: slavumachidunescu, slavumachidonescu, slavumachedonescu (male), slavumachiduneascã, slavumachidoneascã, slavumachedoneascã (female)
• Azerbaijani: makedon, makedoniyalı
• Basque: mazedoniar
• Belarusian: македо́нскі (makjedónski)
• Bengali: ম্যাসেডোনীয় (bn) (mêśeḍōniẏo)
• Bulgarian: македо́нски (makedónski)
• Burmese: မက်စီဒိုးနီးယား (makcidui:ni:ya:)
• Carpathian Rusyn: македо́ньскый (makedónʹskŷj)
• Catalan: macedònic (ca), macedoni (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬其頓的 / 马其顿的 (zh) (Mǎqídùn de)

• Czech: makedonský (cs)
• Danish: makedonsk
• Dutch: Macedonisch (nl)
• Esperanto: Makedona (eo)
• Estonian: Makedoonia (et), makedoonia (et)
• Finnish: makedonialainen (fi)
• French: macédonien (fr)
• Georgian: მაკედონიური (maḳedoniuri), მაკედონიის (maḳedoniis)
• German: makedonisch (de), mazedonisch (de)
• Greek: σλαβομακεδονικός (el) m (slavomakedonikós), μακεδονικός (el) (makedonikós)
• Hebrew: מקדוני (makedoni)
• Hindi: मेसिडोनियन (mesiḍoniyan)
• Hungarian: macedón (hu)
• Icelandic: makedónskur (is)
• Irish: Macadónach, (country) na Macadóine, (language) Macadóinise
• Italian: macedone (it)
• Japanese: マケドニアの (ja) (Makedonia no)
• Kazakh: македон (makedon)
• Khmer: ម៉ាសេដូនី (maaseedounii)
• Korean: 마케도니아의 (ko) (Makedonia-ui), 마케도니아어 (ko) (Makedonia-eo) (language)
• Kyrgyz: македон (makedon)
• Ladino: masedonyano m
• Lao: ມາເຊດວນ (mā sē dūan)
• Latin: Macedonicus, Macedonius, Macedoniēnsis
• Latvian: maķedonisks, maķedoniešu
• Lithuanian: makedonijos, makedonų (lt)
• Macedonian: македонски (mk) (makedonski)
• Malay: Makedonia
• Maltese: Maċedonjan
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: македон (makedon)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: makedonsk (no)

  Nynorsk: makedonsk (nn)

• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: макєдоньскъ (makedonĭskŭ)

• Old English: Mæcedonisċ
• Persian: مقدونی (fa) (maqduni)
• Polish: macedoński (pl)
• Portuguese: macedónio (pt) (Portugal), macedônio (pt) (Brazil), macedónico (Portugal), macedônico (Brazil)
• Romanian: macedonean (ro)
• Russian: македо́нский (ru) (makedónskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: макѐдо̄нскӣ

  Roman: makèdōnskī (sh)

• Slovak: macedónsky (sk)
• Slovene: makedónski (sl)
• Spanish: macedonio (es), macedónico (es)
• Swedish: makedonisk (sv)
• Tajik: мақдунӣ (tg) (maqduni)
• Thai: มาซิโดเนีย (th) (maa-sí-doo-niia)
• Turkish: Makedon (tr)
• Turkmen: makedon
• Ukrainian: македо́нський (makedónsʹkyj)
• Urdu: مقدونیائی (maqdūniyāī)
• Uyghur: ماكېدون (makëdon)
• Uzbek: makedon
• Vietnamese: Ma-xê-đô-ni-a
• Yiddish: מאַקעדאָניש (makedonish)

Noun

Macedonian (countable and uncountable, plural Macedonians)

1. (countable) A person from Macedonia (in any sense).
3. (uncountable) A South Slavic language, the standard language of the Republic of North Macedonia.
4. (historical) The tongue of the Ancient Macedonians, spoken in Macedon during the 1st millennium BC. (see Ancient Macedonian)
5. (uncountable) The Greek dialect in Macedonia, region of Greece.

Derived terms

• Macedonianism

Translations

person from Macedonia

• Afrikaans: Masedoniër
• Albanian: maqedonas (sq) m, maqedonase f, sllavomaqedonas m, sllavomaqedonase f
• Arabic: مَقْدُونِيّ m (maqdūniyy, maqdōniyy), مَقْدُونِيَّة (ar) f (maqdūniyya, maqdōniyya)
• Armenian: մակեդոնացի (makedonacʻi)
• Aromanian: slavumachidon m, slavumachedon m
• Azerbaijani: makedon, makedoniyalı
• Basque: mazedoniar
• Belarusian: македо́нец m (makjedónjec), македо́нка (makjedónka)
• Bulgarian: македон́ец (bg) m (makedońec), македо́нка f (makedónka)
• Catalan: macedoni (ca) m, macedònic (ca) m, macedònia (ca) f, macedònica (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬其頓人 / 马其顿人 (Mǎqídùn rén)

• Czech: Makedonec (cs) m, Makedoňan m, Makedonka (cs) f, Makedoňanka f
• Danish: makedoner c, makedonier c
• Dutch: Macedoniër (nl) m
• Esperanto: Makedoniano
• Estonian: makedoonlane (et)
• Finnish: makedonialainen (fi)
• French: macédonien (fr) m, macédonienne (fr) f
• Georgian: მაკედონელი (maḳedoneli), მაკედონიელი (maḳedonieli)
• German: Mazedonier (de) m, Mazedonierin (de) f
• Greek: Μακεδόνας (el) (Makedónas), Μακεδόνισσα (el) f (Makedónissa), Σλαβομακεδόνας (el) m (Slavomakedónas), Σλαβομακεδόνισσα (el) f (Slavomakedónissa) (i.e. Slavic Macedonian)

  Ancient Greek: Μακεδών m (Makedṓn)

• Hungarian: macedón (hu)
• Icelandic: Makedóni m
• Irish: Macadónach m

  Old Irish: Maccidóndu m pl

• Italian: macedoniana f, macedoniano m
• Japanese: マケドニア人 (ja) (マケドニアじん, Makedonia-jin)
• Kazakh: македониялық (makedoniälyq)
• Khmer: ម៉ាសេដូនី (maaseedounii)
• Korean: 마케도니아인 (Makedonia-in), 마케도니아 사람 (Makedonia saram)
• Latin: Macedoniense, Macedoniensis
• Latvian: maķedonietis m, maķedoniete f
• Lithuanian: makedonas (lt) m, makedonė (lt) f, makedonietė (lt) f
• Macedonian: Македонец m (Makedonec), Македонка (mk) f (Makedonka)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: makedoner m, makedonier m

  Nynorsk: makedonar (nn) m, makedoniar (nn) m

• Polish: Macedończyk (pl) m, Macedonka (pl) f
• Portuguese: macedónio (pt) (Portugal), macedônio (pt) (Brazil), macedónico (Portugal), macedônico (Brazil)
• Romanian: macedonean (ro) m, macedoneancă (ro) f, macedoneană (ro) f
• Russian: македо́нец (ru) m (makedónec), македо́нка (ru) f (makedónka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Македо́нац m, Макѐдо̄нка f

  Roman: Makedónac (sh) m, Makèdōnka f

• Slovak: Macedónec m, Macedónka f, Macedónčan m, Macedónčanka f
• Slovene: Makedónec (sl) m, Makedónka f
• Spanish: macedonio (es) m
• Swedish: makedonier (sv) c
• Tajik: мақдунӣ (tg) (maqduni)
• Turkish: Makedonyalı (tr), Makedon (tr)
• Ukrainian: македо́нець m (makedónecʹ), македо́нка f (makedónka)
• Uzbek: makedoniyalik, makedon

Slavic language of Macedonia

• Albanian: maqedonisht, maqedonishte (sq) f, gjuha maqedonase f
• Arabic: مَقْدُونِيَّة (ar) f (maqdūniyya)
• Armenian: մակեդոներեն (hy) (makedoneren)
• Aromanian: slavumachiduneashti, slavumachiduneashte, slavumachiduneashci, slavumachiduneashce (adverbs)
• Basque: mazedoniera (eu)
• Belarusian: македо́нская мо́ва f (makjedónskaja móva), македо́нская f (makjedónskaja)
• Bulgarian: македо́нски m (makedónski)
• Catalan: macedònic (ca) m, macedoni (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬其頓語 / 马其顿语 (zh) (Mǎqídùn yǔ)

• Czech: makedonština (cs) f
• Dutch: Macedonisch (nl)
• Finnish: makedonia (fi)
• French: macédonien (fr) m
• Georgian: მაკედონური (maḳedonuri), მაკედონიური ენა (maḳedoniuri ena)
• German: Mazedonisch (de) n
• Greek: σλαβομακεδονικά (el) n pl (slavomakedoniká), μακεδονικά (el) n pl (makedoniká)
• Hungarian: macedón (hu)
• Icelandic: makedónska (is) f
• Irish: Macadóinis f
• Japanese: マケドニア語 (ja) (マケドニアご, Makedonia-go)
• Khmer: ម៉ាសេដូនី (maaseedounii)
• Korean: 마케도니아어 (ko) (Makedonia-eo)
• Low German:

  German Low German: Makedoonsch (nds) n

• Macedonian: македонски (mk) m (makedonski)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: makedonsk (no) m

  Nynorsk: makedonsk (nn) m

• Persian: مقدونی (fa) (maqduni), مکادونی (makâduni)
• Polish: macedoński (pl) m
• Portuguese: macedónio (pt) (Portugal), macedônio (pt) (Brazil)
• Romanian: limba macedoneană f, macedoneană (ro) f
• Russian: македо́нский (ru) m (makedónskij)
• Scots: Macedonie
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: макѐдо̄нскӣ m

  Roman: makèdōnskī (sh) m

• Slovak: macedónčina (sk) f
• Slovene: makedónščina (sl) f
• Spanish: macedonio (es) m
• Swedish: makedonska (sv)
• Tigrinya: ማክዶኒኛ (makdoniña)
• Turkish: Makedonca (tr)
• Ukrainian: македо́нська (uk) f (makedónsʹka)
• Yiddish: מאַקעדאָניש (makedonish)

language of antiquity

• Dutch: Oudmacedonisch
• Georgian: მაკედონიური (maḳedoniuri), მაკედონიური ენა (maḳedoniuri ena), ძველი მაკედონიური (ʒveli maḳedoniuri), ძველი მაკედონიური ენა (ʒveli maḳedoniuri ena)
• Hungarian: makedón (hu)
• Icelandic: fornmakedónska f, makedónska (is) f
• Khmer: ម៉ាសេដូនា (maaseedouniə)
• Macedonian: старомакедонски m (staromakedonski)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: makedonsk (no) m

  Nynorsk: makedonsk (nn) m

• Portuguese: macedónio (pt) (Portugal), macedônio (pt) (Brazil)
• Romanian: limba antică macedoneană f, macedoneana antică f
• Swedish: makedonska (sv)
• Turkish: Makedonca (tr), Eski Makedonca

See also

• Appendix:Macedonian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Macedonian

Related terms

• Macedon
• Macedonia
• Macedonic
• Macedonianism

Further reading

• Ancient Macedonian on Linguist
• Macedonian from Encyclopaedia Britannica
• “Macedonian”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• ISO 639-1 code mk, ISO 639-3 code mkd (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Macedonian, mkd ⁠

Etymology 2

From Middle English Macedonyan, from Latin Macedoniānus, from Macedonius + -ānus, after the Greek bishop Macedonius I of Constantinople.

Adjective

Macedonian (not comparable)

1. (historical, Christianity) Pertaining to the Macedonian heresy or to Macedonian heretics.

Derived terms

• Macedonianism

Noun

Macedonian (plural Macedonians)

1. (historical, Christianity) A member of an anti–Nicene Creed sect founded by the Greek bishop Macedonius I of Constantinople, which flourished in the regions adjacent to the Hellespont during the latter half of the fourth, and the beginning of the fifth centuries.
   • 1575, Martin Luther, translated by “certaine godly learned men”, A Commentarie of M. Doctor Martin Luther vpon the Epistle of S. Paul to the Galathians, […], London: […] Thomas Vautroullier […], folio 16, recto:

     I do therfoꝛe ſo diligently admoniſh you of this thing, becauſe it is daungerous leſt among ſo many errours, and in ſo great varietie and confuſion of ſectes, there might ſtep vp ſome Arrians, Eunomians, Macedonians, and ſuch other heretikes, that might doe harme to the Churches with their ſubteltie.

   • 1915, Friedrich Loofs, “Macedonianism”, in James Hastings, John A[lexander] Selbie, Louis H[erbert] Gray, editors, Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics, volume VIII (Life and Death–Mulla), Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, […]; New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, […], page 225, column 2:

     With these data at our disposal we are in a position to sketch the teaching of the Macedonians to a great extent from their own writings, […]. 3. Doctrine of the Macedonians in the same period.—The leading doctrine of the Macedonians is found in the thesis characterized by their opponents as ‘Pneumatomachian,’ viz. that the Holy Spirit is not to be designated Θεός (frag. 32, lines 1–8, Dial. c. Maced. i. 1 [p. 1292 A]; frag. 29, Did. de Trin. iii. xxxvi. [p. 965 B]).

   • 1996, Maurice Wiles, “[The End of Arianism] Gothic Christianity”, in Archetypal Heresy: Arianism through the Centuries, Oxford, Oxon: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 43:

     At least as Auxentius reports him in the covering letter which precedes Ulfila’s confession, he is as vehement in his opposition to what he sees as heretical alternatives to his own form of belief as most other participants in the controversies of the time. Heretics are not Christians but antichrists. Homoousians, Homoiousians, and Macedonians are all included in this blanket condemnation.

Further reading

• Pneumatomachi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Caedmonian