McDonald's

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

McDonald +‎ -'s.

Proper nounEdit

McDonald's

1. A widespread chain of fast food restaurants.

SynonymsEdit

• Maccas (Australian, slang), Maccies (UK, slang), Maccy D's (UK, slang), McDungheap's (slang, pejorative), Mickey D (slang), Mickey D's (slang), The Golden Arches (slang), McDs (slang)

Derived termsEdit

terms derived from McDonald's

• Mc-
• McDonaldization
• McJob

• McMansion
• McWorld

TranslationsEdit

fast-food restaurant

• Amharic: መክዶናልድስ (mäkdonalds)
• Arabic: مَاكْدُونَالْدْز‎‎ m (makdūnaldz), مَاكْدُونَالْدْز‎‎ m (makdonaldz)
• Armenian: ՄաքԴոնալդս (MakʿDonalds)
• Belarusian: Макдо́налдс m (Makdónalds), Макдо́нальдс m (Makdónalʹds)
• Bengali: ম্যাকডোনাল্ড’স (mækḑonalḑ's)
• Bulgarian: Макдо́налдс m (Makdónalds)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 麥當勞, 麦当劳 (mak⁶ dong¹ lou⁴)

  Hakka: 麥當勞, 麦当劳 (Ma̍k-tông-lò)

  Mandarin: 麥當勞 (zh), 麦当劳 (zh) (Màidāngláo)

• Czech: McDonald's, (slang) mekáč (cs)
• Dutch: McDonald's, (slang) Maccie
• Finnish: McDonald's, mäkkäri, mäkki
• French: McDonald's (fr) m, MacDo m (slang)
• Georgian: მაკდონალდსი (maḳdonaldsi)
• German: McDonald's, Mäckes m
• Greek: Μακντόναλντς (Makntónalnts)
• Gujarati: મૅક્ડોનલ્ડ્સ્ (mɛkḍonalḍs)
• Hebrew: מקדונלד׳ס‎‎ m (makdonald’s)
• Hindi: मैकडॉनल्ड्स (maikḍonalḍs)
• Hungarian: McDonald's (hu), meki (slang)
• Inuktitut: ᒪᒃᑑᓇᓪᑦᔅ (maktuunalts)
• Japanese: マクドナルド (Makudonarudo)

• Javanese: ꦩꦏ꧀ꦝꦺꦴꦤꦭ꧀ꦝ꧀ꦱ꧀ (makdhonaldhs)
• Kannada: ಮಕ್ಡೊನಲ್ದ್ಸ್ (makḍonalds)
• Korean: 맥도날드 (Maekdonaldeu)
• Latvian: McDonald's, Makdonalds m (spoken), maķītis m (slang)
• Macedonian: Мекдо́налдс m (Mekdónalds)
• Marathi: मॅक्डॉनल्ड्ज (mǎkḍǒnalḍza)
• Persian: مک‌دونالدز‎‎ (makdonâldz)
• Polish: McDonald's m
• Portuguese: McDonalds m
• Russian: Макдо́налдс m (Makdónalds), (spoken) Макдо́нальдс m (Makdónalʹds)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Мекдоналдс m

  Roman: McDonald's m

• Sinhalese: මැක්ඩොනල්ඩ්‍ස් (mækḍonalḍ‍s)
• Tagalog: McDonald's, (colloquial) McDo
• Tamil: மக்டொனால்ட்ஸ் (makṭoṉālṭs)
• Telugu: మక్డొనాల్డ్స్ (makḍonālḍs)
• Thai: แมคโดนัลด์ (mâekdohnan)
• Ukrainian: МакДо́нальдз m (MakDónalʹdz), Макдо́налдс m (Makdónalds)
• Urdu: میکڈانلڈس‎‎ (maikḍonalḍs)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: מאַקדאָנאַלדס‎‎ (makdonalds)
• Zulu: please add this translation if you can

NounEdit

McDonald's (countable and uncountable, plural McDonald's)

1. Food purchased at McDonald's restaurant.
   • 1996, Joan M. Drury, Silent Words, Spinsters Ink, page 36:

     I stopped to pick up some McDonald's and traveled up the road a little before pulling over.

   • 2006, Jane Green, Swapping Lives, Penguin →ISBN

     “Darling,” Janelle is standing on the outskirts of the group, listening with amusement, “just because a man has filet mignon at home, doesn't mean he doesn't fancy a McDonald's every now and then.”

   • 2011, Leslie Thomas, Dangerous Davies And The Lonely Heart, Random House →ISBN

     He bought two McDonald's in a bag and took them to the Social Services place.

   • 2014, May 22, Don Thompson, quoted in "McDonald's CEO insists fast-food giant pays 'fair wages' as protesters rally", The Guardian

     My parents eat McDonald’s and they are here today – they are quite healthy.

See alsoEdit

• Golden Arches