European

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Related to Europe.
  2. Related to the European Union.
  3. Of white ethnicity.
  4. That can be exercised only at the expiry date.
noun
  1. A person living or originating from Europe.
  2. A person who resides within the European Union.

Pronunciation

/ˌjʊɹ.əˈpi.ən/ /ˌjɝ.əˈpi.ən/ /(ˌ)jʊə.ɹəˈpiː.ən/ /(ˌ)jʊə.ɹəˈpɪ.ən/ EN-AU ck1 European.ogg /juˈropɪjən/

Word forms

European more European most European Europaean Europæan Europeans

Etymology

Borrowed from French Européen, via Latin europaeus, ultimately from Ancient Greek Εὐρωπαῖος (Eurōpaîos, “European”). By surface analysis, Europe + -an.

Translations

Albanian: evropian Arabic: أُورُوبِيّ Arabic: أُورُوبِيَّة Armenian: եվրոպացի Azerbaijani: avropalı Belarusian: еўрапе́ец Belarusian: еўрапе́йка Bengali: ফিরিঙ্গি Bulgarian: европе́ец Bulgarian: европе́йка Bulgarian: европейче Burmese: ဉရောပတိုက်သူ Catalan: europeu Catalan: europea Chinese Mandarin: 歐洲人 /欧洲人 Czech: Evropan Czech: Evropanka Danish: europæer Dutch: Europeaanse Dutch: Europeaan Esperanto: eŭropano Esperanto: vireŭropano Esperanto: eŭropanino Estonian: eurooplane Finnish: eurooppalainen French: Européen French: Européenne West-Frisian: Europeaan Galician: europeo Galician: europea Georgian: ევროპელი German: Europäer German: Europäerin Greek: Ευρωπαίος Greek: Ευρωπαία Hausa: Bature Hausa: Baturiya Hawaiian: ʻEulopa Hawaiian: haole Hindi: यूरोपीय Hungarian: európai Hungarian: européer Ido: Europano Ido: Europanulo Ido: Europanino Interlingua: europeo Irish: Eorpach Italian: europeo Italian: europea Jamaican Creole: Yuropiyan Jamaican Creole: Yuuropiyan Japanese: ヨーロッパ人 Japanese: 欧州人 Kazakh: еуропалық Kikuyu: Mũthũngũ Korean: 유럽인 Korean: 유럽 사람 Korean: 구라파인 Korean: 구라파(歐羅巴) 사람 Kumyk: европалы Kyrgyz: европалык Latvian: eiropietis Latvian: eiropiete Lithuanian: europietis Lithuanian: europietė Macedonian: Европеец Macedonian: Европејка
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