Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable)A person from Macedonia (in any sense).

    Mazedonier, Mazedonierin

    македо́нецmakedónec, македо́нкаmakedónka

    македо́нецьmakedónecʹ, македо́нкаmakedónka

    the Slavic language of modern Macedonia

  2. (uncountable)A South Slavic language, the standard language of the Republic of North Macedonia.

    Mazedonisch

    македо́нскийmakedónskij

    македо́нськаmakedónsʹka

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

  4. (uncountable)The Greek dialect in Macedonia, region of Greece.

  5. (historical)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.

Examples

17 sentences
  1. Do you speak Macedonian?

    Ви говорите македонською? — deniko

    ruВы говорите по-македонски? — marafon

    deSprichst du mazedonisch? — Manfredo

  2. I am Macedonian.

    Я македонець. — miketheknight

    ruЯ македонец. — D15c05tu

  3. Macedonian has four verbal moods: indicative, conditional, imperative, and renarrative.

  4. Macedonia is called "Makedonija" in Macedonian.

    ruМакедония по-македонски называется "Македония". — marafon

    deMazedonien heißt auf Mazedonisch „Makedonija“. — mhr

  5. Alexander of Macedon didn't speak Macedonian.

    ruАлександр Македонский не говорил по-македонски. — odexed

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
person from Macedonia:
Slavic language of Macedonia:
Русский
By meaning 2
person from Macedonia:
Slavic language of Macedonia:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
person from Macedonia:
Slavic language of Macedonia:

Origin

From Middle English Macedonyen, partly from Macedonia and partly from Latin Macedonius, +

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.

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Forms

plural: Macedonians

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
Macedonian — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto