Macedonian

English

Etymology

Macedonia +‎ -an

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæsəˈdəʊnɪən/

Adjective

Macedonian (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Macedonia or its people or language.
2. (Christianity) Pertaining to the Macedonian heresy or to Macedonian heretics

Derived terms

• Macedonianness

Translations

of Macedonia or its people or language

• Albanian: maqedonas (sq)
• Arabic: مَقْدُونِيّ‎ (maqdūniyy), مَقْدُونِيّ‎ (maqdōniyy)
• Armenian: մակեդոնական (hy) (makedonakan)
• Azerbaijani: makedon
• Basque: mazedoniar
• Belarusian: македо́нскі (makjedónski)
• Bengali: ম্যাসেডোনীয় (bn) (mjaseḍonīy)
• Bulgarian: македо́нски (makedónski)
• Burmese: မက်စီဒိုးနီးယား (makcidui:ni:ya:)
• Catalan: macedònic (ca), macedoni (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬其頓的 (zh), 马其顿的 (zh) (Mǎqídùn de)

• Czech: makedonský (cs)
• Danish: makedonsk
• Dutch: Macedonisch (nl)
• Estonian: Makedoonia (et), makedoonia
• Finnish: makedonialainen (fi)
• French: macédonien (fr)
• Georgian: მაკედონიური (maḳedoniuri), მაკედონიის (maḳedoniis)
• German: makedonisch (de), mazedonisch (de)
• Greek: μακεδονικός (el) (makedonikós)
• Hebrew: מקדוני‎ (makedoni)
• Hindi: मेसिडोनियन (mesiḍoniyan)
• Hungarian: macedón (hu)
• Irish: Macadónach, (country) na Macadóine, (language) Macadóinise
• Italian: macedone (it)
• Japanese: マケドニアの (ja) (Makedonia no)
• Kazakh: македон (makedon)
• Khmer: ម៉ាសេដូនី (maaseedounii)
• Korean: ^마케도니아의 (ko) (Makedoniaui)
• Kyrgyz: македон (makedon)
• Lao: ມາເຊດວນ (mā sē dūan)
• Latin: Macedonicus, Macedonius, Macedoniēnsis
• Latvian: maķedonisks, maķedoniešu

• Lithuanian: makedonijos, makedonų (lt)
• Macedonian: маке́донски (makédonski)
• Malay: Makedonia
• Maltese: Maċedonjan
• Mongolian: македон (makedon)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: makedonsk (no)

  Nynorsk: makedonsk (nn)

• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: макєдоньскъ (makedonĭskŭ)

• Persian: مقدونی‎ (fa) (maqduni)
• Polish: macedoński (pl)
• Portuguese: macedónio (pt) (Portugal), macedônio (pt) (Brazil), macedónico (Portugal), macedônico (Brazil)
• Romanian: macedonean (ro)
• Russian: македо́нский (ru) (makedónskij)
• Rusyn: македо́ньскый (makedónʹskŷj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: макѐдо̄нскӣ

  Roman: makèdōnskī (sh)

• Slovak: macedónsky (sk)
• Slovene: makedónski (sl)
• Spanish: macedonio (es), macedónico (es)
• Swedish: makedonisk (sv)
• Tajik: мақдунӣ (tg) (maqdunī)
• Thai: มาซิโดเนีย (th) (maa-sí-doo-niia)
• Turkish: Makedon (tr)
• Turkmen: makedon
• Ukrainian: македо́нський (makedónsʹkyj)
• Urdu: مقدونیائی‎ (maqdūniyāī)
• Uyghur: ماكېدون‎ (makëdon)
• Uzbek: makedon
• Vietnamese: Ma-xê-đô-ni-a
• Yiddish: מאַקעדאָניש‎ (makedonish)

Noun

Macedonian (countable and uncountable, plural Macedonians)

1. (countable) A person from Macedonia (in any sense).
2. (uncountable) A South Slavic language, the standard language of the Republic of North Macedonia.
3. (historical) The tongue of the Ancient Macedonians, spoken in Macedon during the 1st millennium BC. (see Ancient Macedonian)
4. (uncountable) The Greek dialect in Macedonia, region of Greece.

Translations

person from Macedonia

• Albanian: Maqedonas m
• Arabic: مَقْدُونِيّ‎ m (maqdūniyy, maqdōniyy), مَقْدُونِيَّة‎ f (maqdūniyya, maqdōniyya)
• Armenian: մակեդոնացի (makedonacʿi)
• Basque: mazedoniar
• Belarusian: македо́нец m (makjedónjec), македо́нка (makjedónka)
• Bulgarian: македон́ец m (makedońec), македо́нка f (makedónka)
• Catalan: macedoni (ca) m, macedònic (ca) m, macedònia (ca) f, macedònica (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬其頓人, 马其顿人 (mǎqídùnrén)

• Czech: Makedonec m, Makedoňan m
• Dutch: Macedoniër (nl)
• Estonian: makedoonlane
• Finnish: makedonialainen (fi)
• French: macédonien (fr) m, macédonienne (fr) f
• Georgian: მაკედონელი (maḳedoneli), მაკედონიელი (maḳedonieli)
• German: Mazedonier (de) m, Mazedonierin (de) f
• Greek: Μακεδόνας (el) (Makedónas), Μακεδόνισσα f (Makedónissa)

  Ancient Greek: Μακεδών m (Makedṓn)

• Hungarian: macedón (hu)
• Irish: Macadónach m

  Old Irish: Maccidóndu m pl

• Italian: macedoniana f, macedoniano m
• Japanese: マケドニア人 (マケドニアじん, makedoniajin)
• Khmer: ម៉ាសេដូនី (maaseedounii)
• Latin: Macedoniense, Macedoniensis
• Macedonian: Маке́донец m (Makédonec), Маке́донка (mk) f (Makédonka)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: makedoner m, makedonier m

  Nynorsk: makedonar (nn) m, makedoniar (nn) m

• Polish: Macedończyk (pl) m, Macedonka (pl) f
• Portuguese: macedónio (pt) (Portugal), macedônio (pt) (Brazil), macedónico (Portugal), macedônico (Brazil)
• Romanian: macedonean (ro) m, macedoneancă (ro) f, macedoneană (ro) f
• Russian: македо́нец (ru) m (makedónec), македо́нка (ru) f (makedónka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Македонац m, Македонка f

  Roman: Makedonac (sh) m, Makedonka f

• Slovak: Macedónec m
• Slovene: Makedónec (sl) m, Makedónka f
• Spanish: macedonio (es) m
• Swedish: makedonier (sv) c
• Turkish: Makedonyalı (tr), Makedon (tr)
• Ukrainian: македо́нець m (makedónecʹ), македо́нка f (makedónka)

Slavic language of Macedonia

• Arabic: مَقْدُونِيَّة‎ f (maqdūniyya)
• Armenian: մակեդոներեն (hy) (makedoneren)
• Basque: mazedoniera (eu)
• Belarusian: македо́нская мо́ва f (makjedónskaja móva), македо́нская f (makjedónskaja)
• Bulgarian: македо́нски m (makedónski)
• Catalan: macedònic (ca) m, macedoni (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬其頓語 (zh), 马其顿语 (zh) (mǎqídùnyǔ)

• Czech: makedonština (cs) f
• Dutch: Macedonisch (nl)
• Finnish: makedonia (fi)
• French: macédonien (fr) m
• Georgian: მაკედონური (maḳedonuri), მაკედონიური ენა (maḳedoniuri ena)
• German: Mazedonisch (de) n
• Greek: σλαβομακεδονικά (el) n pl (slavomakedoniká)
• Hungarian: macedón (hu)
• Irish: Macadóinis f
• Japanese: マケドニア語 (ja) (マケドニアご, makedoniago)
• Khmer: ម៉ាសេដូនី (maaseedounii)
• Korean: 마케도니아어 (ko) (makedonia-eo)
• Low German:

  German Low German: Makedoonsch (nds) n

• Macedonian: маке́донски m (makédonski)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: makedonsk (no) m

  Nynorsk: makedonsk (nn) m

• Persian: مقدونی‎ (fa) (maqduni), مکادونی‎ (makâduni)
• Polish: macedoński (pl) m
• Portuguese: macedónio (pt) (Portugal), macedônio (pt) (Brazil)
• Romanian: limba macedoneană f, macedoneană (ro) f
• Russian: македо́нский (ru) m (makedónskij)
• Scots: Macedonie
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: макѐдо̄нскӣ m

  Roman: makèdōnskī (sh) m

• Slovak: macedónčina (sk) f
• Slovene: makedónščina (sl) f
• Spanish: macedonio (es) m
• Swedish: makedonska (sv)
• Tigrinya: ማክዶኒኛ (makdoniña)
• Turkish: Makedonca (tr)
• Ukrainian: македо́нська (uk) f (makedónsʹka)

language of antiquity

• Dutch: Oudmacedonisch
• Georgian: მაკედონიური (maḳedoniuri), მაკედონიური ენა (maḳedoniuri ena), ძველი მაკედონიური (ʒveli maḳedoniuri), ძველი მაკედონიური ენა (ʒveli maḳedoniuri ena)
• Hungarian: makedón
• Khmer: ម៉ាសេដូនា (maaseedoonie)
• Macedonian: старомакедонски m (staromakedonski)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: makedonsk (no) m

  Nynorsk: makedonsk (nn) m

• Portuguese: macedónio (pt) (Portugal), macedônio (pt) (Brazil)
• Romanian: limba antică macedoneană f, macedoneana antică f
• Swedish: makedonska (sv)
• Turkish: Makedonca (tr), Eski Makedonca

See also

• Appendix:Macedonian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Macedonian

Related terms

• Macedon
• Macedonia
• Macedonic
• Macedonianism

Further reading

• Ancient Macedonian on Linguist
• Macedonian from Encyclopaedia Britannica
• Macedonian in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ISO 639-1 code mk, ISO 639-3 code mkd
• Ethnologue entry for Macedonian, mk