McDonald's

McDonalds English thumb|the Golden Arches logo of McDonald’s used since 2006 Etymology en :af McDonald -'s 1 From en McDonald<pos:surname> 's, after the two brothers who founded the company, Richard and Maurice McDonald. Pronunciation en /məkˈdɒnəldz/ en /mɪkˈdɑnəldz/ GenAm en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-McDonald's.wav Southern England en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Knabrupt-McDonald's.wav General American Proper noun * es A widespread chain of fast food restaurants. en An Evaluation of Fiscal Year 1968 Special Impact Programs Bladensburg, Md. Westinghouse Learning Corporation 1970 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). en Time 1972 101 31 1 Today, blue-movie palaces are as much a part of the suburbs as the wildly proliferating McDonald’ses. en January 31, 1997 Charles Hutzler Leader’s office hunt a lesson in arcana and parking problems https://web.archive.org/web/20230419180820/https://apnews.com/article/9a76b63bd81ad69f6063a03f1133da26 w:AP News The Chinese believe feng shui, pronounced fung shway, can help blunt the ill effects to health and wealth brought on, for example, by the inauspicious jut of an adjacent building or hill.It’s why the doors on Jardine House, headquarters of the colony’s flagship commercial firm, are slightly askew. It’s why property prices in the Shouson Hill area are lower than the ritzy neighborhoods next door. It’s why one McDonald’s used to have a fish tank by the door. Aquariums and mirrors make good ghostbusters. en 2019 w:Bernardine Evaristo w:Girl, Woman, Other Penguin Books (2020) 313 she walked into a job in McDonaldʼs, the first one she applied to Synonyms See Thesaurus:McDonald's Derived terms en Mc- McDonald McDonaldization McJob McMansion McWorld meet me at McDonald's meet me at McDonald's haircut McNiggers McNiggers McShittles Descendants ug ماكدونالد 1 Translations fast-food restaurant Amharic: am መክዶናልድስ Arabic: ar مَاكْدُونَالْدْز m makdūnaldz, ar مَاكْدُونَالْدْز m makdonaldz Armenian: hy ՄաքԴոնալդս Belarusian: be Макдо́налдс m, be Макдо́нальдс m Bengali: bn ম্যাকডোনাল্ড’স mêkḑonalḑ's Bulgarian: bg Макдо́налдс m Chinese: Cantonese: yue 麥當勞, yue 麥記 slang, yue M記 slang, yue 老麥 slang Hakka: hak 麥當勞 Ma̍k-tông-lò Mandarin: cmn 麥當勞 Czech: cs McDonald's, slang cs mekáč Dutch: nl McDonald's, slang nl Maccie Estonian: et McDonald's, et mäkk slang Finnish: fi McDonald's, fi mäkkäri, fi mäkki French: fr McDonald's m, fr MacDo m slang, fr McDo m slang Georgian: ka მაკდონალდსი German: de McDonald's, de Mäckes m Greek: el Μακντόναλντς Gujarati: gu મૅક્ડોનલ્ડ્સ્ Hebrew: he מקדונלד׳ס m makdonald’s Hindi: hi मैकडॉनल्ड्स Hungarian: hu McDonald's, hu meki slang Indonesian: id McDonald's, id Mekdi slang Inuktitut: iu ᒪᒃᑑᓇᓪᑦᔅ Japanese: ja マクドナルド Makudonarudo, ja マック Makku slang, ja マクド Makudo slang, dialectal Kannada: kn ಮಕ್ಡೊನಲ್ದ್ಸ್ Korean: ko ^맥도날드, ko ^맥날 Latvian: lv McDonald's, lv Makdonalds m spoken, lv maķītis m slang Lithuanian: lt McDonald's, lt makas m slang Macedonian: mk Мекдо́налдс m Malay: ms McDonald's, ms ميك دونلدس, ms Mekdi slang Marathi: mr मॅक्डॉनल्ड्ज Persian: fa مک‌دونالدز mak-donâldz Polish: pl McDonald's m Portuguese: pt McDonald's m, pt Mac m slang, pt Méqui m Brazil, slang Russian: ru Макдо́налдс m, spoken ru Макдо́нальдс m, ru Макдак slang, ru Мак slang Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Мекдоналдс m Latin: sh McDonald's m Sinhalese: si මැක්ඩොනල්ඩ්‍ස් Slovak: sk mekáč m slang Slovene: sl McDonald’s m, sl Meka m Spanish: es McDonald's m Swedish: sv McDonald's n, sv Donken slang, sv Gyllene måsen slang Tagalog: tl McDonald's, colloquial tl McDo Tamil: ta மெக்டொனால்ட்ஸ் Telugu: te మక్డొనాల్డ్స్ Thai: th แมคโดนัลด์ Ukrainian: uk МакДо́нальдз m, uk Макдо́налдс m, colloquial uk Мак Urdu: ur میکڈانلڈس maikḍānalḍs Uyghur: ug ماكدونالد, ug ماكدونالدس Vietnamese: vi McDonald's Yiddish: yi מאַקדאָנאַלדס Zulu: zu Noun ~ * Food from a McDonald's restaurant. en 1996 Joan M. Drury Silent Words Spinsters Ink http://books.google.com/books?id=SYdaAAAAMAAJ&q=%22pick+up+some+McDonald%27s%22 36 I stopped to pick up some McDonald's and traveled up the road a little before pulling over. en 2006 Jane Green Swapping Lives Penguin 9781101218853 “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.” en 2011 Leslie Thomas Dangerous Davies And The Lonely Heart Random House 9781446440797 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 en Golden Arches en eponyms en Restaurants Organizations McDonald's Polish pl: thumb|McDonald's Alternative forms pl McDonald Etymology pl :ubor en:McDonald's + 1 Pronunciation makdonalds LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-McDonald's.wav Mc.Do.nald's Proper noun m-in 1 en McDonald's widespread chain of fast food restaurants Related terms pl nouns makdonaldyzacja Further reading McDonald's McDonald's pl trademarks pl McDonald's Organizations Restaurants Swedish Proper noun n en McDonald's sv Donken slang Gyllene måsen slang Noun sv noun food from a McDonald's restaurant