mac

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Translingual

Symbol

mac

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2/B language code for Macedonian.

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: măk, IPA^(key): /mæk/
• Rhymes: -æk
• Homophones: Mac, mack, Mack

Etymology 1

Clipping of mackintosh.

Noun

mac (plural macs)

1. Clipping of mackintosh (“a raincoat”).
2. (UK, US, Canada, Australia, slang, offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur) A person of Scottish descent, used in driving culture to denigrate someone for poor/slow/amateurish driving responses, a reference to the frugality of Scottish people.

Derived terms

• pac-a-mac

Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping of macaroni.

Noun

mac (uncountable)

1. (Canada, US, slang) Clipping of macaroni.

Derived terms

• mac and cheese, mac 'n' cheese
• mac salad

Anagrams

• ACM, AMC, C.M.A., CAM, CMA, Cam, MCA, cam

Catalan

Etymology

Uncertain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmak]

Noun

mac m (plural macs)

1. (balearic) small stone, pebble

   Synonym: còdol

Derived terms

• mac de torrent
• macar

Further reading

• “mac” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mak/

Etymology 1

Noun

mac m (plural macs)

1. (colloquial, slang) Clipping of maquereau (“pimp”).

Etymology 2

Noun

mac m (plural macs)

1. (colloquial, computing) Clipping of Macintosh.

Further reading

• “mac”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish macc, from Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makkʷos, a variant of *makʷos (“son”) (compare Welsh mab, Gaulish mapos, Maponos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mˠak/, /mˠɑk/

Noun

mac m (genitive singular mic, nominative plural mic)

1. son
2. (capitalized) A common prefix of many Irish and Scottish names, signifying "son of".

   Dónall óg donn Mac Lochlainn ― young, brown-haired Donald, son of the Scandinavian

Declension

Coordinate terms

• iníon (“daughter”)

Derived terms

Mutation

References

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mac”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmat͡s/
• Rhymes: -at͡s
• Syllabification: mac

Noun

mac f

1. mother

Further reading

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “macierz”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[2]
• “mac”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

K'iche'

Noun

mac

1. (Classical K'iche') sin

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish macc, from Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makkʷos, a variant of *makʷos (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (“to raise, increase”).

Noun

mac m (genitive singular mic, plural mec)

1. son

Derived terms

• mac-

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 mac, macc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Middle English

Noun

mac

1. Alternative form of make (“equal, partner”)

Middle Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mak/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish macc, from Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makkʷos, a variant of *makʷos (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (“to raise, increase”).

Noun

mac m (genitive mic, nominative plural mic)

1. son

Descendants

• Irish: mac
• Manx: mac
• Scottish Gaelic: mac

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 mac, macc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *makkos. Cognate with Welsh mach.

Noun

mac m

1. bond, surety

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 mac(c)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Mutation

References

Old Irish

Noun

mac m (genitive maic or meic, nominative plural maic or meic)

1. Alternative spelling of macc (“son, child”)

Inflection

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mak/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic макъ (makŭ), from Proto-Slavic *makъ (“poppy”). Compare Serbo-Croatian mak, Polish mak.

Noun

mac m (plural maci)

1. poppy

Declension

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

mac

1. quack (sound made by ducks)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish mac, from Old Irish macc, from Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makkʷos. Cognates include Irish mac and Manx mac.

Pronunciation

• (Lewis, Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /maʰk/
• (Harris, Uist, Barra, Skye) IPA^(key): /maxk/
• Hyphenation: mac

Noun

mac m (genitive singular mic, plural mic)

1. son
2. Used as a prefix for Irish and Scottish patronymic surnames; -son

   mac Dhòmhaill ― MacDonald (literally, “son of Donald”)

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

References

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “mac”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[3], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Colin Mark (2003) “mac”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 411

Slovincian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *màti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmat͡s/
• Rhymes: -at͡s
• Syllabification: mac

Noun

mac f

1. mother (human female who begets a child)

Further reading

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1908) “mãc”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[4] (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 595

Southwestern Dinka

Etymology

Cognate with Jumjum maañ, Belanda Bor mac, Shilluk mac.

Noun

mac (plural mɛ̈c)

1. fire
2. light firearm
3. prison

References

• Dinka-English Dictionary‎^[5], 2005