Macedonian

English

Etymology

Macedonia +‎ -an

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæsəˈdəʊnɪən/

Adjective

Macedonian (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Macedonia or its people or language.

Derived terms

• Macedonianness

Translations

of Macedonia or its people or language

• Arabic: مَقْدُونِيّ‎‎ (maqdūniyy, maqdōniyy)
• Armenian: մակեդոնական (hy) (makedonakan)
• Basque: mazedoniar
• Belarusian: македо́нскі (makjedónski)
• Bulgarian: македо́нски (makedónski)
• Catalan: macedònic, macedoni
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: makedonský (cs)
• 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: מקדונית‎‎ (maqedonit)
• Irish: Macadónach, (country) na Macadóine, (language) Macadóinise
• Italian: macedone (it)
• Japanese: マケドニアの (ja) (Makedonia no)
• Khmer: ម៉ាសេដូនា (maaseedoonie)
• Latin: Macedonicus, Macedonius, Macedoniēnsis

• Macedonian: маке́донски (makédonski)
• Maltese: Maċedonjan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: makedonsk (no)

  Nynorsk: makedonsk (nn)

• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: макєдоньскъ (makedonĭskŭ)

• Polish: macedoński (pl)
• Portuguese: macedónio (pt) (Portugal), macedônio (pt) (Brazil), macedónico (Portugal), macedônico (Brazil)
• Romanian: macedonean (ro)
• Russian: македо́нский (ru) (makedónskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: македонски

  Roman: makedonski (sh)

• Slovak: macedónsky (sk)
• Slovene: makedónski (sl)
• Spanish: macedonio (es), macedónico (es)
• Swedish: makedonisk (sv)
• Turkish: Makedon (tr)
• Ukrainian: македо́нський (makedónsʹkyj)

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 Macedonia, provisionally designated the former Yugoslav Republic of 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 m, macedònic m, macedònia f, macedònica 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 (makedoniajin)
• Khmer: ជនជាតិម៉ាសេដូនា (chɔɔn chiet maaseedoonie)
• 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 m, macedoni 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) (makedoniago)
• Khmer: ម៉ាសេដូនា (maaseedoonie)
• 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: македонски m

  Roman: makedonski (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 (staromakédonski)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: makedonsk (no) m

  Nynorsk: makedonsk (nn) m

• Portuguese: macedónio (pt) (Portugal), macedônio (pt) (Brazil)
• Romanian: limba antică macedoneană f, macedoneana antică f
• 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