Macedonian

§English

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§Etymology

Macedonia +‎ -an

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæsəˈdəʊnɪən/

§Adjective

Macedonian (not comparable)

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

§Translations

of Macedonia, its people or language

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

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

• Czech: makedonský (cs)
• Dutch: Macedonisch (nl)
• Finnish: makedonialainen
• French: macédonien (fr)
• 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)

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

  Cyrillic: македонски

  Roman: makedonski (sh)

• Slovak: macedónsky (sk)
• Slovene: makedónski
• Spanish: macedonio (es), macedónico (es)
• Swedish: makedonisk (sv)
• Turkish: Makedon (tr)
• Ukrainian: македонський m (makedóns'kyj)

§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
• German: Mazedonier (de) m, Mazedonierin (de) f
• Greek: Μακεδόνας (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: македонец (ru) m (makedónec), македонка (ru) f (makedónka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Македонац m, Македонка f

  Roman: Makedonac (sh) m, Makedonka f

• Slovene: Makedónec m, Makedónka f
• 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: مقدونية f (maqdūníyya)
• 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, 马其顿语 (zh) (Mǎqídùnyǔ)

• Czech: makedonština f
• Dutch: Macedonisch (nl)
• Finnish: makedonia (fi)
• French: macédonien (fr) m
• Georgian: მაკედონური (makedonuri)
• 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: македонский (ru) m (makedónskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: македонски m

  Roman: makedonski (sh) m

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

language of antiquity

• Dutch: Oudmacedonisch
• 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

§External links

• Ancient Macedonian on Linguist
• Macedonian from Encyclopaedia Britannica
• Macedonian–English Dictionary from Webster’s Online Dictionary
• ISO 639-1 code mk, ISO 639-3 code mkd
• Ethnologue entry for Macedonian, mk