English

Alternative forms

• Mack
• Mc

Noun

Mac ‎(plural Macs)

1. Used to address a man whose name is unknown.

   Have you got a light, Mac?

Synonyms

• (person): John

Prefix

Mac

1. (Irish and Scottish patronymic surnames) son of.

Proper noun

Mac

1. A diminutive of the male given name Max.

Etymology 2

Informal diminutive of Macintosh, later adopted by Apple as a trademark.

Noun

Mac ‎(plural Macs)

1. A Macintosh computer (made by Apple Computer), or its operating system.
   • 1991, “Breaking Communications Barriers”, in Compute!, v 13, n 9, pp 28–31:

     Built by Matthew Weed, a blind political science and history major, and Victor Grigorieff, a computer science and psychology major, the system is based on a Macintosh IIfx, although it can run on earlier models, since each Mac program has a similar interface.

   • 1993, “The New Microprocessors Powerchips” in Popular Science, v 243, n 1, p 58:

     Apple, IBM, and Motorola have teamed up to produce this 32-bit chip that will be used in future Apple Macintoshes and IBM PCs. PowerPC systems will run Mac or Unix programs, and possibly Windows software in the future.

   • 1993, “The Newest Appliance” in U.S. News & World Report, v 115, n 21, p 90:

     If you invest the time to learn one Windows or Mac program, you'll automatically have mastered the basic skills to use hundreds of others.

   • 2007, “Uninspiring Vista”, in Technology Review, v 110, n 1, pp 72–4:

     As this shift accelerates, finding software that works with a particular operating system will be less of a concern. People will be able to base decisions about which OS to use strictly on merit, and on personal preference. For me, if the choice is between struggling to configure every feature and being able to boot up and get to work, at long last I choose the Mac.

   • 2008, Glenn Derene, “Mac VS. PC”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 185, number 5, page 86:

     Oddly, the big difference didn't come in our user ratings, where we expected the famously friendly Mac interface to shine.

     Apple's popular commercials have painted the picture in stark terms: There are two types of people, Mac people and PC people.

Derived terms

• Macified, Mac-ified
• Mac-like, Maclike
• Macolyte

Coordinate terms

• PC, personal computer, home computer, desktop computer, personal workstation, graphic workstation, graphics workstation

Etymology 3

A shortening.

Proper noun

Mac

1. (informal) McMaster University

Anagrams

• AMC
• cam, CAM
• CMA
• mca

Malay

Etymology

From English March, from Middle English March(e), from Anglo-Norman Marche, from Old French marz, from Latin mārtius, from earlier Mavors.

Alternative forms

• Maret
• مچ
• مارت

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mat͡ʃ]
• Rhymes: -at͡ʃ

Proper noun

Mac ‎(Jawi spelling مچ)

1. (Malaysia, Brunei) March (third month of the Gregorian calendar)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) Januari, Februari, Mac, April, Mei, Jun, Julai, Ogos, September, Oktober, November, Disember ^{(Category: ms:Gregorian calendar months)}

English

Noun

mac ‎(plural macs)

1. Short for mackintosh (a raincoat).

Translations

Etymology 2

Shortened from macaroni

Noun

mac ‎(uncountable)

1. Short for macaroni.

   Is there any mac and cheese left?

Derived terms

• mac 'n' cheese

Anagrams

• AMC
• cam, CAM
• CMA
• mca

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish macc, from Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ ‎(maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makkʷos, a variant of *makʷos ‎(“son”), (compare Welsh mab, Gaulish mapos, Maponos), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‎(“long, thin”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /mˠɑk/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /mˠaːk/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /mˠak/

Noun

mac m ‎(genitive singular mic, nominative plural mic)

1. son
2. A common prefix of many Irish and Scottish names, signifying "son of".

   Dónall óg donn Mac Lochlainn‎ ― young, brown-haired Donald, son of the Scandinavian

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• "mac" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 mac, macc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Lojban

Rafsi

mac

1. rafsi of manci.

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish macc, from Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ ‎(maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makkʷos, a variant of *makʷos ‎(“son”), perhaps, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‎(“long, thin”).

Noun

mac m ‎(genitive singular mic, plural mec)

1. son

Derived terms

• mac-

Mutation

References

• “1 mac, macc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Romanian

Etymology 1

From a Slavic language, compare Serbo-Croatian and Polish mak.

Noun

mac m ‎(plural maci)

1. poppy

Declension

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

mac

1. quack (sound made by ducks)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish macc, from Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ ‎(maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makkʷos, a variant of *makʷos ‎(“son”), perhaps, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‎(“long, thin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maʰk], [maxk]

Noun

mac m ‎(genitive singular mic, plural mic)

1. son
2. Commonly used as a prefix of Irish and Scottish surnames, meaning son.

   MacDhòmhnaill ‎(“MacDonald”, literally “son of Donald, Donaldson”)

Derived terms

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “1 mac, macc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.