McDonald's

McDonald's

English

Etymology

From the surname of the two brothers who founded the company, Richard and Maurice McDonald.

Proper noun

McDonald's (plural McDonald's or McDonald'ses)

1. A widespread chain of fast food restaurants.
   • 1970, An Evaluation of Fiscal Year 1968 Special Impact Programs, Bladensburg, Md.: Westinghouse Learning Corporation, page 76:

     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).

   • 1972, Time, volume 101, page 31, column 1:

     Today, blue-movie palaces are as much a part of the suburbs as the wildly proliferating McDonald’ses.

   • 2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 313:

     she walked into a job in McDonaldʼs, the first one she applied to

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:McDonald's

Derived terms

terms derived from McDonald's

• Mc-
• McDonaldization
• McJob
• McMansion
• McWorld

Translations

fast-food restaurant

Amharic: መክዶናልድስ (mäkdonaldəs) Arabic: مَاكْدُونَالْدْز‎ m (makdūnaldz), مَاكْدُونَالْدْز‎ m (makdonaldz) Armenian: ՄաքԴոնալդս (MakʿDonalds) Belarusian: Макдо́налдс m (Makdónalds), Макдо́нальдс m (Makdónalʹds) Bengali: ম্যাকডোনাল্ড’স (mêkḑonalḑ's) Bulgarian: Макдо́налдс m (Makdónalds) Chinese: Cantonese: 麥當勞／麦当劳, 麦当劳 (mak6 dong1 lou4), 麥記／麦记, 麦记 (mak6 gei3) (slang), M記／M记, M记 (em1 gei3) (slang), 老麥／老麦, 老麦 (lou5 mak6-2) (slang) Hakka: 麥當勞／麦当劳, 麦当劳 (Ma̍k-tông-lò) Mandarin: 麥當勞／麦当劳 (zh) (Màidāngláo) Czech: McDonald's, (slang) mekáč (cs) Dutch: McDonald's, (slang) Maccie Estonian: McDonald's, mäkk (slang) Finnish: McDonald's, mäkkäri, mäkki French: McDonald's (fr) m, MacDo m (slang), McDo (fr) m (slang) Georgian: მაკდონალდსი (maḳdonaldsi) German: McDonald's, Mäckes m Greek: Μακντόναλντς (Makntónalnts) Gujarati: મૅક્ડોનલ્ડ્સ્ (mɛkḍonalḍs) Hebrew: מקדונלד׳ס‎ m (makdonald’s) Hindi: मैकडॉनल्ड्स (maikḍŏnalḍs) Hungarian: McDonald's (hu), meki (slang) Inuktitut: ᒪᒃᑑᓇᓪᑦᔅ (maktoonalts) Japanese: マクドナルド (Makudonarudo), マック (makku) (slang), マクド (makudo) (slang,dialectal) Javanese: ꦩꦏ꧀ꦝꦺꦴꦤꦭ꧀ꦝ꧀ꦱ꧀ (makdhonaldhs) Kannada: ಮಕ್ಡೊನಲ್ದ್ಸ್ (makḍonalds) Korean: 맥도날드 (Maekdonaldeu) Latvian: McDonald's, Makdonalds m (spoken), maķītis m (slang) Lithuanian: McDonald's, makas m (slang) Macedonian: Мекдо́налдс m (Mekdónalds) Malay: McDonald's, ميك دونلدس‎, Mekdi (slang) Marathi: मॅक्डॉनल्ड्ज (mĕkḍŏnalḍja) Persian: مک‌دونالدز‎ (mak-donâldz) Polish: McDonald's m Portuguese: McDonald's (pt) m, Méqui (pt) m (slang) Russian: Макдо́налдс m (Makdónalds), (spoken) Макдо́нальдс m (Makdónalʹds) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Мекдоналдс m Roman: McDonald's m Sinhalese: මැක්ඩොනල්ඩ්‍ස් (mækḍonalḍs) Spanish: McDonald's m Swedish: McDonald's n, Donken (slang), Gyllene måsen (slang) Tagalog: McDonald's, (colloquial) McDo Tamil: மக்டொனால்ட்ஸ் (makṭoṉālṭs) Telugu: మక్డొనాల్డ్స్ (makḍonālḍs) Thai: แมคโดนัลด์ (mâekdohnan) Ukrainian: МакДо́нальдз m (MakDónalʹdz), Макдо́налдс m (Makdónalds) Urdu: میکڈانلڈس‎ (maikḍānalḍs) Uyghur: ماكدونالدس‎ (makdonalds) Vietnamese: McDonald's Yiddish: מאַקדאָנאַלדס‎ (makdonalds) Zulu: please add this translation if you can

Noun

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

1. Food from a 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 also

• Golden Arches

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Swedish

Proper noun

McDonald's n (genitive McDonald's)

1. McDonald's

   Synonyms: (slang) Donken, (slang) Gyllene måsen

Noun

McDonald's

1. food from a McDonald's restaurant