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McDonald's

McDonald's

English

Proper noun

McDonald's

A widespread chain of fast food restaurants.

Synonyms

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)

Derived terms

terms derived from McDonald's

Translations

fast-food restaurant

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)
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)

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
Tagalog: McDonald's, (colloquial) McDo
Tamil: மக்டொனால்ட்ஸ் ‎(makṭoṉālṭs)
Thai: แมคโดนัลด์ ‎(mâekdohnan)
Ukrainian: МакДо́нальдз m ‎(MakDónalʹdz), Макдо́налдс m ‎(Makdónalds)
Urdu: میکڈانلڈس ‎(maikḍonalḍs)
Vietnamese:
Yiddish: מאַקדאָנאַלדס ‎(makdonalds)
Zulu:

Noun

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

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 9781101218853)
  “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 9781446440797)
  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 also

Golden Arches