McDonald's
/məkˈdɒnəldz//mɪkˈdɑnəldz/
McDonald's proper noun: a widespread chain of fast food restaurants.
Proper noun
McDonald's (plural McDonald's or McDonald'ses)
- A widespread chain of fast food restaurants.
- 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).1970, An Evaluation of Fiscal Year 1968 Special Impact Programs, Bladensburg, Md.: Westinghouse Learning Corporation, page 76
- Today, blue-movie palaces are as much a part of the suburbs as the wildly proliferating McDonald’ses.1972, Time, volume 101, page 31, column 1
- Synonyms:
- Golden Arches, Maccas, Maccies, Maccy D's, McD, McDick's, McDo, McD's, McDungheap's, McFuck
Noun
McDonald's (countable and uncountable, plural McDonald's)
- Food from a McDonald's restaurant.
- I stopped to pick up some McDonald's and traveled up the road a little before pulling over.1996, Joan M. Drury, Silent Words, Spinsters Ink, page 36
- “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.”2006, Jane Green, Swapping Lives, Penguin, →ISBN
McDonald's meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
McDonald's in Hindi
- fast-food restaurant
- मैकडॉनल्ड्स maikḍŏnalḍs
McDonald's in Tamil
- fast-food restaurant
- மெக்டொனால்ட்ஸ் mekṭoṉālṭs
McDonald's in Marathi
- fast-food restaurant
- मॅक्डॉनल्ड्ज mĕkḍŏnalḍja
McDonald's in Urdu
- fast-food restaurant
- میکڈانلڈس maikḍānalḍs
More languagesFewer languages
- McDonald's in Bengali
- ম্যাকডোনাল্ড’স mêkḑonalḑ's
- McDonald's in Telugu
- మక్డొనాల్డ్స్ makḍonālḍs
- McDonald's in Kannada
- ಮಕ್ಡೊನಲ್ದ್ಸ್ makḍonalds
- McDonald's in Gujarati
- મૅક્ડોનલ્ડ્સ્ měkḍonalḍs
- McDonald's in Sinhala
- මැක්ඩොනල්ඩ්ස් mækḍonalḍs
- McDonald's in Tagalog
- McDonald's, McDo
- McDonald's in Arabic
- مَاكْدُونَالْدْز makdūnaldz
- McDonald's in Malay
- McDonald's, Mekdi
- McDonald's in Indonesian
- McDonald's, Mekdi
- McDonald's in Persian
- مکدونالدز mak-donâldz
- McDonald's in Thai
- แมคโดนัลด์ mɛ́k-doo-nôo
- McDonald's in Vietnamese
- McDonald's
Synonyms of McDonald's
8 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Forms of McDonald's
| Proper noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | McDonald's |
| plural | McDonald'ses |
| Noun | |
| plural | McDonald's |
Origin of McDonald's
From McDonald (surname) + -'s, after the two brothers who founded the company, Richard and Maurice McDonald.
Words formed from McDonald's
Phrases with McDonald's
Questions about McDonald's
- What does McDonald's mean?
- McDonald's means a widespread chain of fast food restaurants.
- What is McDonald's in Hindi?
- McDonald's in Hindi is मैकडॉनल्ड्स (maikḍŏnalḍs). See McDonald's meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is McDonald's?
- McDonald's can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce McDonald's?
- McDonald's is pronounced /məkˈdɒnəldz/.
Words near McDonald's in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: McDonald's (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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