# McDonald's
## English
### Etymology

From the surname of the two brothers who founded the company, Richard and Maurice McDonald.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /məkˈdɒnəldz/
* (General American) IPA: /mɪkˈdɑnəldz/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Proper noun

McDonald's (plural McDonald's or McDonald'ses)
* A widespread chain of fast food restaurants.
** 1970, An Evaluation of Fiscal Year 1968 Special Impact Programs, Bladensburg, Md.: Westinghouse Learning Corporation, page 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).
** 1972, Time, volume 101, page 31, column 1:Today, blue-movie palaces are as much a part of the suburbs as the wildly proliferating McDonald’ses.
** 1997 January 31, Charles Hutzler, “Leader’s office hunt a lesson in arcana and parking problems”, in AP News‎, archived from the original on 2023-04-19‎: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.
** 2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 313:she walked into a job in McDonaldʼs, the first one she applied to

#### Synonyms

* See Thesaurus:McDonald's

#### Derived terms

* Mc-
* McDonald
* McDonaldization
* McJob
* McMansion
* McWorld
* meet me at McDonald's, meet me at McDonald's haircut

#### Translations
### Noun

McDonald's (countable and uncountable, plural McDonald's)
* Food from a McDonald's restaurant.
** 1996, Joan M. Drury, Silent Words, Spinsters Ink, page 36:I stopped to pick up some McDonald's and traveled up the road a little before pulling over.
** 2006, Jane Green, Swapping Lives, Penguin, →ISBN:“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.”
** 2011, Leslie Thomas, Dangerous Davies And The Lonely Heart, Random House, →ISBN: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

* Golden Arches

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* McDonald

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English McDonald's.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maɡˈdɔ.nalts/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔnalts
* Syllabification: Mc‧Do‧nald's

### Proper noun

McDonald's m inan (indeclinable)
* McDonald's (widespread chain of fast food restaurants)

#### Related terms

* makdonaldyzacja

### Further reading

* McDonald's in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* McDonald's in PWN's encyclopedia

## Swedish
### Proper noun

McDonald's n (genitive McDonald's)
* McDonald's
    Synonyms: (slang) Donken, (slang) Gyllene måsen

### Noun

McDonald's
* food from a McDonald's restaurant