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McDonald's en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /məkˈdɒnəldz/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /mɪkˈdɑnəldz/ (General-American)
• (General-American) audio

Etymology

From McDonald (surname) + -'s, after the two brothers who founded the company, Richard and Maurice McDonald.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Food from a McDonald's restaurant.
   • I stopped to pick up some McDonald's and traveled up the road a little before pulling over. 1996, Joan M. Drury, Silent Words, Spinsters Ink, page 36:
   • He bought two McDonald's in a bag and took them to the Social Services place. 2011, Leslie Thomas, Dangerous Davies And The Lonely Heart, Random House, →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.” 2006, Jane Green, Swapping Lives, Penguin, →ISBN:
   • 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.

Forms

Relateds

Golden Arches

wikipedia: Richard and Maurice McDonald · wikipedia: Golden Arches

McDonald's en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /məkˈdɒnəldz/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /mɪkˈdɑnəldz/ (General-American)
• (General-American) audio

Etymology

From McDonald (surname) + -'s, after the two brothers who founded the company, Richard and Maurice McDonald.

Meanings

1. A widespread chain of fast food restaurants.
   • The Chinese believe feng shui, pronounced fung shway, can help blunt the ill effects to health and wealth brought on, for example, by the inauspicious jut of an adjacent building or hill. It’s why the doors on Jardine House, headquarters of the colony’s flagship commercial firm, are slightly askew. It’s why property prices in the Shouson Hill area are lower than the ritzy neighborhoods next door. It’s why one McDonald’s used to have a fish tank by the door. Aquariums and mirrors make good ghostbusters. 1997 January 31, Charles Hutzler, “Leader’s office hunt a lesson in arcana and parking problems”, in AP News, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2023:
   • she walked into a job in McDonaldʼs, the first one she applied to 2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 313:
   • This is evidence of the bank's confidence in a community organization for which it has now financed three ventures (CPI and two McDonald's). 1970, An Evaluation of Fiscal Year 1968 Special Impact Programs, Bladensburg, Md.: Westinghouse Learning Corporation, page 76:
   • Today, blue-movie palaces are as much a part of the suburbs as the wildly proliferating McDonald’ses. 1972, Time, volume 101, page 31, column 1:

Forms

Deriveds

Mc- · meet me at McDonald's · McNiggers · McMansion · McJob · McDonaldization · McWorld · meet me at McDonald's haircut · McDonald

Descendants

ماكدونالد

Hypernyms

restaurant

Relateds

Tim Hortons · :Category:English terms prefixed with Mc-

Synonyms

McD's · Mickey D · Maccy D's · McNiggers · McD · McShit · McDungheap's · McShithole · Mickey D's · Maccas · McHell · McDo · McShittles · Golden Arches · McFuck · Maccies · McShits · McDick's

Translations (86)

ja マクド (fast-food restaurant) · yue 麥當勞 /麦当劳 (fast-food restaurant) · ka მაკდონალდსი (fast-food restaurant) · fr McDo (fast-food restaurant) · sv Gyllene måsen (fast-food restaurant) · sk mekáč (fast-food restaurant) · lv Makdonalds (fast-food restaurant) · de Mäckes (fast-food restaurant) · si මැක්ඩොනල්ඩ්ස් (fast-food restaurant) · de McDonald's (fast-food restaurant) · lv maķītis (fast-food restaurant) · ar مَاكْدُونَالْدْز (fast-food restaurant) · be Макдо́налдс (fast-food restaurant) · mr मॅक्डॉनल्ड्ज (fast-food restaurant) · th แมคโดนัลด์ (fast-food restaurant) · nl McDonald's (fast-food restaurant) · lt McDonald's (fast-food restaurant) · ms Mekdi (fast-food restaurant) · id McDonald's (fast-food restaurant) · el Μακντόναλντς (fast-food restaurant) · id Mekdi (fast-food restaurant) · sh McDonald's (fast-food restaurant) · ms McDonald's (fast-food restaurant) · lt makas (fast-food restaurant) · yi מאַקדאָנאַלדס (fast-food restaurant) · ta மெக்டொனால்ட்ஸ் (fast-food restaurant) · ug ماكدونالدس (fast-food restaurant) · ko 맥날 (fast-food restaurant) · yue M記 /M记 (fast-food restaurant) · fr MacDo (fast-food restaurant) · gu મૅક્ડોનલ્ડ્સ્ (fast-food restaurant) · tl McDo (fast-food restaurant) · pl McDonald's (fast-food restaurant) · pt McDonald's (fast-food restaurant) · uk Мак (fast-food restaurant) · bg Макдо́налдс (fast-food restaurant) · es McDonald's (fast-food restaurant) · be Макдо́нальдс (fast-food restaurant) · ru Макдо́налдс (fast-food restaurant) · vi McDonald's (fast-food restaurant) · ru Мак (fast-food restaurant) · fi mäkki (fast-food restaurant) · uk МакДо́нальдз (fast-food restaurant) · hi मैकडॉनल्ड्स (fast-food restaurant) · cs McDonald's (fast-food restaurant) · et mäkk (fast-food restaurant) · tl McDonald's (fast-food restaurant) · hy ՄաքԴոնալդս (fast-food restaurant) · ru Макдо́нальдс (fast-food restaurant) · uk Макдо́налдс (fast-food restaurant) · nl Maccie (fast-food restaurant) · cs mekáč (fast-food restaurant) · kn ಮಕ್ಡೊನಲ್ದ್ಸ್ (fast-food restaurant) · fa مکدونالدز (fast-food restaurant) · hu meki (fast-food restaurant) · sv McDonald's (fast-food restaurant) · sl McDonald’s (fast-food restaurant) · fr McDonald's (fast-food restaurant) · iu ᒪᒃᑑᓇᓪᑦᔅ (fast-food restaurant) · yue 麥記 /麦记 (fast-food restaurant) · et McDonald's (fast-food restaurant) · pt Mac (fast-food restaurant) · sl Meka (fast-food restaurant) · ru Макдак (fast-food restaurant) · fi mäkkäri (fast-food restaurant) · ja マック (fast-food restaurant) · hak 麥當勞 /麦当劳 (fast-food restaurant) · fi McDonald’s (fast-food restaurant) · sv Donken (fast-food restaurant) · ar مَاكْدُونَالْدْز (fast-food restaurant) · ja マクドナルド (fast-food restaurant) · hu McDonald's (fast-food restaurant) · mk Мекдо́налдс (fast-food restaurant) · yue 老麥 /老麦 (fast-food restaurant) · ug ماكدونالد (fast-food restaurant) · te మక్డొనాల్డ్స్ (fast-food restaurant) · ko 맥도날드 (fast-food restaurant) · ms ميك دونلدس (fast-food restaurant) · bn ম্যাকডোনাল্ড’স (fast-food restaurant) · ur میکڈانلڈس (fast-food restaurant) · pt Méqui (fast-food restaurant) · lv McDonald's (fast-food restaurant) · he מקדונלד׳ס (fast-food restaurant) · am መክዶናልድስ (fast-food restaurant) · sh Мекдоналдс (fast-food restaurant) · cmn 麥當勞 /麦当劳 (fast-food restaurant)

wikipedia: Richard and Maurice McDonald · wikipedia: Golden Arches