Big Mac

big and the patronymic Mac (from the Mc in McDonald's).

• (US) IPA^(key): /bɪɡ mæk/

Big Mac (plural Big Macs)

1. A hamburger from the fast food company McDonald's, served on a three-part bun with various condiments.
   • 1980, Tom Lorenz, Guys Like Us, Viking Press, page 1:

     On his thirtieth birthday Buddy Barnes received a reindeer sweater and a ten-dollar bill from his mom, as well as the following gifts from the Sticks: two Big Mac certificates, a package of ribbed prophylactics, three pairs of toe socks, a bottle of Wild Turkey, [...].

   • 2001, Bjørn Lomborg, The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World, Cambridge University Press, page 73:

     In a light-hearted vein, the weekly news magazine The Economist has tested the PPP index by producing its own Big Mac index. This shows how much a standardized product such as a Big Mac costs in different countries and the result is actually surprisingly close to the PPP index.

   • 2003, Arthur Agatston, The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Management, Rodale, page 144:

     I've heard my patients talk about exercising to "burn off the Big Mac" they ate for lunch or for that key lime pie they demolished last night. However, this type of reasoning isn't all that compelling if you sit down and work out the math. You must walk more than 6 miles—well over an hour—to burn off a Big Mac.

   • 2006, Dr. Calvin Miller, The Dogs of Snoqualmie, Broadman & Holman Publishers, page 12:

     But when he comes back, he'll come home from work with a poisoned Big Mac and try to do me in.

Borrowed from English Big Mac.

Big Mac c (singular definite Big Macen, plural indefinite Big Macer)

1. Big Mac

Borrowed from English Big Mac.

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɪkˈmɛk/

Big Mac m (plural Big Macs, diminutive Big Macje n)

1. Big Mac

Unadapted borrowing from English Big Mac.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiɡ ˈmæk/, [ˈbiɡ ˈmæk]

Big Mac

1. Big Mac

• (informal) big mäk

Borrowed from English Big Mac.

• IPA^(key): /biɡ mak/

Big Mac m (plural Big Mac or Big Macs)

1. Big Mac

Big Mac m (strong, genitive Big Mac or Big Macs, plural Big Macs)

1. Alternative form of Big Mäc

Borrowed from English Big Mac.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbiɡmɛk]

Big Mac (plural Big Macek)

1. Big Mac

Unadapted borrowing from English Big Mac.

Big Mac m (plural Big Macs)

1. Big Mac
2. plural of Big Mac

• The plural may either be Big Mac or Big Macs depending on whether it is treated as an invariable noun or not.

Borrowed from English Big Mac.

Big Mac (plural Big-Big Mac, informal 1st possessive Big Macku, 2nd possessive Big Macmu, 3rd possessive Big Macnya)

1. Big Mac

Unadapted borrowing from American English Big Mac.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiɡ.mak/
• Rhymes: -iɡmak

Big Mac m animal

1. Big Mac (hamburger from the fast food company McDonald's, served on a three-part bun with various condiments)

   Hypernyms: burger, hamburger

• Big Mac in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Big Mac in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from English Big Mac.

Big Mac m (plural Big Macs)

1. Big Mac

Borrowed from English Big Mac.

• IPA^(key): /ˌbiɡ ˈmak/ [ˌbiɣ̞ ˈmak]
• Syllabification: Big Mac

Big Mac m or f by sense (plural Big Macs)

1. Big Mac

Unadapted borrowing from English Big Mac.

Big Mac c

1. Big Mac
   • 2014 September 5, Jacob Gudiol, “”Riskerna med sötningsmedel är överdrivna” ["The risks of sweeteners are exaggerated."]”, in Svenska Dagbladet:

     Den enda formen av studier där man sett ett samband mellan drycker sötade med sötningsmedel och högre vikt är så kallad epidemiologi. Det du har där är ett exempel på besökaren som beställer två Big Mac med stor pommes och sen tar en lightläsk till det. Det är alltså en association.

     The only type of study where a connection has been observed between drinks sweetened with artificial sweeteners and higher weight is so-called epidemiology. What you have there is an example of a visitor ordering two Big Macs with large fries and then having a diet soda with it. It's therefore an association.

   • 2020 September 15, Fredrik Andersson, Sven Bertil Liljegren, “Världens bäst betalda: Messis monsterlön - 39 Big Mac i minuten [The world's highest paid: Messi's monstrous salary - 39 Big Macs per minute]”, in Fotbollskanalen.se‎:

     Skulle det till exempel kurra i magen kan Lionel Messi unna sig och sina 38 bästa vänner en Big Mac i minuten, varje minut, dygnet runt - 365 dagar om året.

     If, for example, Lionel Messi's stomach were to rumble, he could treat himself and his 38 best friends to a Big Mac per minute, every minute, around the clock - 365 days a year.

   • 2023 October 11, Henrik Ekblom Ystén, “När Stephen King ringde Hans-Åke [When Stephen King called Hans-Åke]”, in Vi:

     Han har inte alltid själv gjort så mycket för att nyansera bilden – förr brukade han säga att han var litteraturens motsvarighet till Big Mac & Co – men på senare år har han faktiskt börjat avlägsna sig mer från skräcken.

     He hasn't always done much to nuance the image himself – before he used to say he was the literary equivalent of Big Mac meal – but in recent years, he has actually started to distance himself more from horror.

• Big Mac-index (“Big Mac index”)

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