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 (MakʻDonalds)
• Belarusian: Макдо́налдс m (Makdónalds), Макдо́нальдс m (Makdónalʹds)
• Bengali: ম্যাকডোনাল্ড’স (mêkḑonalḑ's)
• Bulgarian: Макдо́налдс m (Makdónalds)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 麥當勞／麦当劳 (mak⁶ dong¹ lou⁴), 麦当劳 (mak⁶ dong¹ lou⁴), 麥記／麦记 (mak⁶ gei³), 麦记 (mak⁶ gei³) (slang), M記／M记 (em¹ gei³), M记 (em¹ gei³) (slang), 老麥／老麦 (lou⁵ mak^6-2), 老麦 (lou⁵ mak^6-2) (slang)

  Hakka: 麥當勞／麦当劳, 麦当劳 (Ma̍k-tông-lò)

  Mandarin: 麥當勞／麦当劳 (zh) (Màidāngláo), 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 (měkḍonalḍs)
• 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)
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• 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
• 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 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 also

• Golden Arches