Macedonian

English

Etymology

Macedonia +‎ -an

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæsəˈdəʊnɪən/

Adjective

Macedonian (not comparable)

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

Translations

of Macedonia or its people or language

• Armenian: մակեդոնական (hy) (makedonakan)
• Basque: mazedoniar
• Belarusian: македонскі (makedónski)
• Bulgarian: македонски (makedónski)
• Catalan: macedònic, macedoni
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: makedonský (cs)
• Dutch: Macedonisch (nl)
• Finnish: makedonialainen
• French: macédonien (fr)
• Georgian: მაკედონიური (maḳedoniuri), მაკედონიის (maḳedoniis)
• German: 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 (Makedonia-no)
• Khmer: ម៉ាសេដូនា (maaseedoonie)

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

  Bokmål: makedonsk (no)

  Nynorsk: makedonsk (nn)

• Old Church Slavonic: 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: македонський m (makedóns'kyj)

Derived terms

• Macedonianness

Noun

Macedonian (plural Macedonians)

1. A person from Macedonia (in any sense).

Translations

person from Macedonia

• Albanian: Maqedonas m
• Armenian: մակեդոնացի (makedonacʿi)
• Basque: mazedoniar
• Bulgarian: македонец m (makedónec), македонка 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
• Dutch: Macedoniër (nl)
• Finnish: makedonialainen
• 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)
• Hungarian: macedón (hu)
• Irish: Macadónach m
• Italian: macedoniana f, macedoniano m
• Japanese: マケドニア人 (Makedonia-jin)

• Khmer: ជនជាតិម៉ាសេដូនា (chɔɔn chiet maaseedoonie)
• Latin: Macedoniense, Macedoniensis
• Macedonian: Македонец m (Makédonec), Македонка (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

• Slovene: Makedónec (sl) m, Makedónka f
• Spanish: macedonio (es) m
• Swedish: makedonier (sv) c
• Turkish: Makedonyalı (tr), Makedon (tr)

Proper noun

Macedonian

1. A South Slavic language, the standard language of the Republic of Macedonia, provisionally designated the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
2. (historical) The tongue of the Ancient Macedonians, spoken in Macedon during the 1st millennium BC. (see Ancient Macedonian)
3. The Greek dialect in Macedonia, region of Greece.
4. (archaic) The name of a West-Bulgarian dialect prior to the codification of Macedonian standard language. Used in Bulgaria.

Translations

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: македонски 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) (Makedonia-go)
• Khmer: ម៉ាសេដូនា (maaseedoonie)
• Korean: 마케도니아어 (ko) (Makedonia-eo)

• Low German:

  German Low German: Makedoonsch (nds) n

• Macedonian: македонски 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)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: македонски m

  Roman: makedonski (sh) m

• Slovak: macedónčina (sk) f
• Slovene: makedónščina (sl) f
• Spanish: macedonio (es) m
• Turkish: Makedonca (tr)
• Ukrainian: македонська (uk) f (makedóns'ka)

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