Standard Lemma guide

Macedonian

adj · noun · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /mæsəˈdəʊniən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /mæsəˈdoʊniən/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -əʊniən
  • CMU ARPABET: M AE2 S AH0 D OW1 N Y AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: M AE2 K AH0 D OW1 N Y AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to Macedonia or its people or language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Macedonic

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Pertaining to the Macedonian heresy or to Macedonian heretics.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical, not-comparable

Topics: Christianity

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A person from Macedonia (in any sense).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A South Slavic language, the standard language of the Republic of North Macedonia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The tongue of the Ancient Macedonians, spoken in Macedon during the 1st millennium BC. (see Ancient Macedonian)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, historical, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

The Greek dialect in Macedonia, region of Greece.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A member of an anti–Nicene Creed sect founded by the Greek bishop Macedonius I of Constantinople, which flourished in the regions adjacent to the Hellespont during the latter half of the fourth, and the beginning of the fifth centuries.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

Topics: Christianity

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

adjective

Meaning 8

of or relating to Macedonia or its inhabitants

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Macedonian hills

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

the Slavic language of modern Macedonia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Slavic, Slavic language, Slavonic, Slavonic language

10

noun

Meaning 10

a native or inhabitant of Macedon

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: European

Narrower terms: Philippian, Antigonus, Antigonus Cyclops, Monophthalmos, Demetrius, Demetrius I, Demetrius Poliorcetes, Lysimachus, Seleucus, Seleucus I, Seleucus I Nicator

History

Etymology

From Middle English Macedonyen, partly from Macedonia and partly from Latin Macedonius, + -an; equivalent to Macedonia + -an.

From Middle English Macedonyan, from Latin Macedoniānus, from Macedonius + -ānus, after the Greek bishop Macedonius I of Constantinople.

Across languages

Translations

270 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Masedonies — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Albanian: maqedonas — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Albanian: maqedonase — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Albanian: sllavomaqedonas — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Albanian: sllavomaqedonase — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Arabic: مَقْدُونِيّ (maqdūniyy) — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Arabic: مَقْدُونِيّ (maqdōniyy) — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Armenian: մակեդոնական (makedonakan) — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Aromanian: slavumachidunescu — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Aromanian: slavumachidonescu — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Aromanian: slavumachedonescu — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Aromanian: slavumachiduneascã — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Aromanian: slavumachidoneascã — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Aromanian: slavumachedoneascã — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Asturian: macedoniu — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Azerbaijani: makedon — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Azerbaijani: makedoniyalı — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Basque: mazedoniar — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Belarusian: македо́нскі (makjedónski) — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Bengali: ম্যাসেডোনীয় (mêśeḍōniẏo) — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Bulgarian: македо́нски (makedónski) — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Burmese: မက်စီဒိုးနီးယား (makcidui:ni:ya:) — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Carpathian Rusyn: македо́ньскый (makedónʹskŷj) — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Catalan: macedònic — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Catalan: macedoni — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 馬其頓的 /马其顿的 (Mǎqídùn de) — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Czech: makedonský — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Danish: makedonsk — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Dutch: Macedonisch — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Esperanto: Makedona — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Estonian: Makedoonia — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Estonian: makedoonia — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Finnish: makedonialainen — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • French: macédonien — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Georgian: მაკედონიური (maḳedoniuri) — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Georgian: მაკედონიის (maḳedoniis) — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • German: makedonisch — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • German: mazedonisch — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Greek: σλαβομακεδονικός (slavomakedonikós) — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Greek: μακεδονικός (makedonikós) — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Hebrew: מקדוני (makedoni) — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Hindi: मेसिडोनियन (mesiḍoniyan) — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Hungarian: macedón — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Icelandic: makedónskur — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Irish: Macadónach — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Irish: na Macadóine — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Irish: Macadóinise — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Italian: macedone — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Japanese: マケドニアの (Makedonia no) — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Kazakh: македон (makedon) — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Khmer: ម៉ាសេដូនី (maaseedvaan) — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Korean: 마케도니아의 (Makedonia-ui) — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Korean: 마케도니아어 (Makedonia-eo) — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Kyrgyz: македон (makedon) — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Ladino: masedonyano — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Lao: ມາເຊດວນ (mā sē dūan) — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Latin: Macedonicus — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Latin: Macedonius — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Latin: Macedoniēnsis — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Latvian: maķedonisks — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Latvian: maķedoniešu — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Limburgish: Macedonisch — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Lithuanian: makedonijos — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Lithuanian: makedonų — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Macedonian: македонски (makedonski) — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Malay: Makedonia — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Maltese: Maċedonjan — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Mongolian: македон (makedon) — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: makedonsk — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: makedonsk — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Church Slavic: макєдоньскъ (makedonĭskŭ) — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Old English: Mæcedonisċ — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Persian: مقدونی (maqduni) — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Polish: macedoński — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Portuguese: macedónio — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Portuguese: macedônio — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Portuguese: macedónico — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Portuguese: macedônico — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Romanian: macedonean — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Russian: македо́нский (makedónskij) — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Serbo-Croatian: макѐдо̄нскӣ — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Serbo-Croatian: makèdōnskī — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Slovak: macedónsky — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Slovene: makedónski — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Spanish: macedonio — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Spanish: macedónico — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Swedish: makedonisk — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Tajik: мақдунӣ (maqduni) — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Thai: มาซิโดเนีย (maa-sí-doo-niia) — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Turkish: Makedon — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Turkmen: makedon — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Ukrainian: македо́нський (makedónsʹkyj) — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Urdu: مقدونیائی (maqdūniyāī) — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Uyghur: ماكېدون (makëdon) — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Uzbek: makedon — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Vietnamese: Ma-xê-đô-ni-a — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Yiddish: מאַקעדאָניש (makedonish) — of Macedonia or its people or language
  • Afrikaans: Masedoniër — person from Macedonia
  • Albanian: maqedonas — person from Macedonia
  • Albanian: maqedonase — person from Macedonia
  • Albanian: sllavomaqedonas — person from Macedonia
  • Albanian: sllavomaqedonase — person from Macedonia
  • Arabic: مَقْدُونِيّ (maqdūniyy, maqdōniyy) — person from Macedonia
  • Arabic: مَقْدُونِيَّة (maqdūniyya, maqdōniyya) — person from Macedonia
  • Armenian: մակեդոնացի (makedonacʻi) — person from Macedonia
  • Aromanian: slavumachidon — person from Macedonia
  • Aromanian: slavumachedon — person from Macedonia
  • Asturian: macedoniu — person from Macedonia
  • Asturian: macedonia — person from Macedonia
  • Azerbaijani: makedon — person from Macedonia
  • Azerbaijani: makedoniyalı — person from Macedonia
  • Basque: mazedoniar — person from Macedonia
  • Belarusian: македо́нец (makjedónjec) — person from Macedonia
  • Belarusian: македо́нка (makjedónka) — person from Macedonia
  • Bulgarian: македон́ец (makedońec) — person from Macedonia
  • Bulgarian: македо́нка (makedónka) — person from Macedonia
  • Catalan: macedoni — person from Macedonia
  • Catalan: macedònic — person from Macedonia
  • Catalan: macedònia — person from Macedonia
  • Catalan: macedònica — person from Macedonia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 馬其頓人 /马其顿人 (Mǎqídùn rén) — person from Macedonia
  • Czech: Makedonec — person from Macedonia
  • Czech: Makedoňan — person from Macedonia
  • Czech: Makedonka — person from Macedonia
  • Czech: Makedoňanka — person from Macedonia
  • Danish: makedoner — person from Macedonia
  • Danish: makedonier — person from Macedonia
  • Dutch: Macedoniër — person from Macedonia
  • Esperanto: Makedoniano — person from Macedonia
  • Estonian: makedoonlane — person from Macedonia
  • Finnish: makedonialainen — person from Macedonia
  • French: macédonien — person from Macedonia
  • French: macédonienne — person from Macedonia
  • Georgian: მაკედონელი (maḳedoneli) — person from Macedonia
  • Georgian: მაკედონიელი (maḳedonieli) — person from Macedonia
  • German: Mazedonier — person from Macedonia
  • German: Mazedonierin — person from Macedonia
  • Greek: Μακεδόνας (Makedónas) — person from Macedonia
  • Greek: Μακεδόνισσα (Makedónissa) — person from Macedonia
  • Greek: Σλαβομακεδόνας (Slavomakedónas) — person from Macedonia
  • Greek: Σλαβομακεδόνισσα (Slavomakedónissa) — person from Macedonia
  • Ancient Greek: Μακεδών (Makedṓn) — person from Macedonia
  • Hungarian: macedón — person from Macedonia
  • Icelandic: Makedóni — person from Macedonia
  • Irish: Macadónach — person from Macedonia
  • Old Irish: Maccidóndu — person from Macedonia
  • Italian: macedoniana — person from Macedonia
  • Italian: macedoniano — person from Macedonia
  • Japanese: マケドニア人 (Makedonia-jin) — person from Macedonia
  • Kazakh: македониялық (makedoniälyq) — person from Macedonia
  • Khmer: ម៉ាសេដូនី (maaseedvaan) — person from Macedonia
  • Korean: 마케도니아인 (makedoniain) — person from Macedonia
  • Korean: 마케도니아 사람 (makedonia saram) — person from Macedonia
  • Latin: Macedoniense — person from Macedonia
  • Latin: Macedoniensis — person from Macedonia
  • Latvian: maķedonietis — person from Macedonia
  • Latvian: maķedoniete — person from Macedonia
  • Lithuanian: makedonas — person from Macedonia
  • Lithuanian: makedonė — person from Macedonia
  • Lithuanian: makedonietė — person from Macedonia
  • Macedonian: Македонец (Makedonec) — person from Macedonia
  • Macedonian: Македонка (Makedonka) — person from Macedonia
  • Norwegian Bokmål: makedoner — person from Macedonia
  • Norwegian Bokmål: makedonier — person from Macedonia
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: makedonar — person from Macedonia
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: makedoniar — person from Macedonia
  • Polish: Macedończyk — person from Macedonia
  • Polish: Macedonka — person from Macedonia
  • Portuguese: macedónio — person from Macedonia
  • Portuguese: macedônio — person from Macedonia
  • Portuguese: macedónico — person from Macedonia
  • Portuguese: macedônico — person from Macedonia
  • Romanian: macedonean — person from Macedonia
  • Romanian: macedoneancă — person from Macedonia
  • Romanian: macedoneană — person from Macedonia
  • Russian: македо́нец (makedónec) — person from Macedonia
  • Russian: македо́нка (makedónka) — person from Macedonia
  • Serbo-Croatian: Македо́нац — person from Macedonia
  • Serbo-Croatian: Макѐдо̄нка — person from Macedonia
  • Serbo-Croatian: Makedónac — person from Macedonia
  • Serbo-Croatian: Makèdōnka — person from Macedonia
  • Slovak: Macedónec — person from Macedonia
  • Slovak: Macedónka — person from Macedonia
  • Slovak: Macedónčan — person from Macedonia
  • Slovak: Macedónčanka — person from Macedonia
  • Slovene: Makedónec — person from Macedonia
  • Slovene: Makedónka — person from Macedonia
  • Spanish: macedonio — person from Macedonia
  • Swedish: makedonier — person from Macedonia
  • Tajik: мақдунӣ (maqduni) — person from Macedonia
  • Turkish: Makedonyalı — person from Macedonia
  • Turkish: Makedon — person from Macedonia
  • Ukrainian: македо́нець (makedónecʹ) — person from Macedonia
  • Ukrainian: македо́нка (makedónka) — person from Macedonia
  • Uzbek: makedoniyalik — person from Macedonia
  • Uzbek: makedon — person from Macedonia
  • Albanian: maqedonisht — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Albanian: maqedonishte — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Albanian: gjuha maqedonase — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Arabic: مَقْدُونِيَّة (maqdūniyya) — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Armenian: մակեդոներեն (makedoneren) — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Aromanian: slavumachiduneashti — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Aromanian: slavumachiduneashte — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Aromanian: slavumachiduneashci — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Aromanian: slavumachiduneashce — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Asturian: macedoniu — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Basque: mazedoniera — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Belarusian: македо́нская мо́ва (makjedónskaja móva) — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Belarusian: македо́нская (makjedónskaja) — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Bulgarian: македо́нски (makedónski) — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Catalan: macedònic — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Catalan: macedoni — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 馬其頓語 /马其顿语 (Mǎqídùn yǔ) — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Czech: makedonština — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Dutch: Macedonisch — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Finnish: makedonia — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • French: macédonien — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Georgian: მაკედონური (maḳedonuri) — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Georgian: მაკედონიური ენა (maḳedoniuri ena) — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • German: Mazedonisch — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Greek: σλαβομακεδονικά (slavomakedoniká) — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Hungarian: macedón — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Icelandic: makedónska — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Irish: Macadóinis — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Japanese: マケドニア語 (Makedonia-go) — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Khmer: ម៉ាសេដូនី (maaseedvaan) — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Korean: 마케도니아어 (makedonia'eo) — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Limburgish: Macedonisch — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Low German: Makedoonsch — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Macedonian: македонски (makedonski) — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Norwegian Bokmål: makedonsk — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: makedonsk — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Persian: مقدونی (maqduni) — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Persian: مکادونی (makâduni) — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Polish: macedoński — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Portuguese: macedónio — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Portuguese: macedônio — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Romanian: limba macedoneană — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Romanian: macedoneană — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Russian: македо́нский (makedónskij) — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Scots: Macedonie — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Serbo-Croatian: макѐдо̄нскӣ — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Serbo-Croatian: makèdōnskī — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Slovak: macedónčina — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Slovene: makedónščina — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Spanish: macedonio — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Swedish: makedonska — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Tigrinya: ማክዶኒኛ (makdoniña) — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Turkish: Makedonca — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Ukrainian: македо́нська (makedónsʹka) — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Yiddish: מאַקעדאָניש (makedonish) — Slavic language of Macedonia
  • Dutch: Oudmacedonisch — language of antiquity
  • Georgian: მაკედონიური (maḳedoniuri) — language of antiquity
  • Georgian: მაკედონიური ენა (maḳedoniuri ena) — language of antiquity
  • Georgian: ძველი მაკედონიური (ʒveli maḳedoniuri) — language of antiquity
  • Georgian: ძველი მაკედონიური ენა (ʒveli maḳedoniuri ena) — language of antiquity
  • Hungarian: makedón — language of antiquity
  • Icelandic: fornmakedónska — language of antiquity
  • Icelandic: makedónska — language of antiquity
  • Khmer: ម៉ាសេដូនា (maaseedouniə) — language of antiquity
  • Macedonian: старомакедонски (staromakedonski) — language of antiquity
  • Norwegian Bokmål: makedonsk — language of antiquity
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: makedonsk — language of antiquity
  • Portuguese: macedónio — language of antiquity
  • Portuguese: macedônio — language of antiquity
  • Romanian: limba antică macedoneană — language of antiquity
  • Romanian: macedoneana antică — language of antiquity
  • Swedish: makedonska — language of antiquity
  • Turkish: Makedonca — language of antiquity
  • Turkish: Eski Makedonca — language of antiquity
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