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Mac

  (măk) pronunciation
n. Slang.

Used as a form of address for a man whose name is unknown.

[From Mac-, a common prefix in Scottish and Irish surnames.]


 
 

mac-
[Irish, ScG, son, son of]

First word of early Irish and Scottish Gaelic patronymics, e.g. Conchobar mac Nessa. When the mac- is lower- case, the patronymic is not a family name: Conchobar is not ‘Mr mac Nessa’. Such figures are alphabetized under their given names, ‘C’ for Conchobar. Mac- is capitalized in two instances: (1) when it is the first element in the only name by which a personage is known, e.g. Mac Cécht; (2) when patronymics became family names under English influence, e.g. Macpherson. See also AP-; FAB; MAB-; UA; ; VAB-.

 
or M' [Irish,=son], element in names derived from Irish and Scottish Gaelic patronymics. In most of these names the second element was a forename (e.g., Macdonald, in various spellings). Other names included titles or epithets (e.g., McIntosh [son of the chief]). Notions that some forms of the prefix are more typically Scottish or Irish are fallacious. Some of the names, however, have typical local distribution; thus, McLeod is Hebridean, McSweeney is especially Irish. See O; name.


 
Translations: Translations for: Mac

Dansk (Danish)
n. - regnfrakke, gummifrakke, skotte

n. - Mac, søn af (forstavelse i irske og skotske familienavne)

Nederlands (Dutch)
regenjas, waterdicht materiaal, vriend/kerel

Français (French)
n. - (US) mon vieux (fam), mon pote

n. - imper

Deutsch (German)
n. - Regenmantel, (Abk.) McIntosh, (ugs. Anrede) Kumpel, junger Mann

n. - Mac (Vorname)

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ενδυμ.) (Βρετ.) αδιάβροχο, (ΗΠΑ, ως προσφώνηση) φίλος μακαντάσης
abbr. - (ενδυμ.) (Βρετ.) αδιάβροχο
pref. - μακ-, γιος του (σε επίθετα σκοτικής ή ιρλανδικής καταγωγής)

Italiano (Italian)
impermeabile

Português (Portuguese)
n., -
abbr. - capa de chuva (f), Mackintosh
pref. - filho de

Русский (Russian)
парень, кличка шотландцев

Español (Spanish)
n. - impermeable, amigo, una mackintosh

n. - nombre masculino, amigo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - regnrock
abbr. - mackintosh
pref. - i namnn, ex. Macdonald, McDonald

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
老兄, 老弟, 苏格兰人

雨衣, 双排纽厚呢短衣

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 老兄, 老弟, 蘇格蘭人

n. - 雨衣, 雙排紐厚呢短衣

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 야 , 이봐, 자네

n. - 원래는 'son of'의 뜻으로 아일랜드 및 스코틀랜드계의 성에 붙임

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 男子名, スコットランド人, きみ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رجل, امرؤ (اختصار) مختصر -macintosh: معطف مطري, نوع من الكومبيوتر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מחשב מקינטוש (שם מסחרי), מעיל גשם‬
n. - ‮סקוטי, צורת פנייה לזר (צפון אמריקה)‬


 
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