European

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Alternative forms

• Europaean (archaic)
• Europæan (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from French Européen, via Latin europaeus, ultimately from Ancient Greek Εὐρωπαῖος (Eurōpaîos, “European”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /(ˌ)jʊə.ɹəˈpiː.ən/, /(ˌ)jʊə.ɹəˈpɪ.ən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌjʊɚ.əˈpi.ən/, /ˌjɝ.əˈpi.ən/

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Adjective

European (comparative more European, superlative most European)

1. Related to Europe or the European Union.
2. Of the white ethnicity.

   Stamps like this were common on furniture made in Australia in the first half of last century, when there were a number of Chinese furniture makers in Australia who were seen as competition to 'European Australian' makers.

   • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 233:

     From a domestic point of view the advent of the Chinese was a decided blessing, for, instead of the European ladies of the settlement having to do all their own work, they were able to employ a proper staff of Chinese boys.

3. (finance, of an option, not comparable) That can be exercised only at the expiry date.
   • 2009, John C. Hull, Options, Futures, and other Derivatives (Seventh Edition), Pearson Education, page 182:

     All of these trade on the Chicago Board Options Exchange. Most of the contracts are European. An exception is the OEX contract on the S&P 100, which is American.

   • 2010, Johnathan Mun, Modeling Risk + DVD: Applying Monte Carlo Risk Simulation, Strategic Real Options, Stochastic Forecasting, and Portfolio Optimization (Second Edition), John Wiley & Sons:

     Based on the analyses throughout the case study, it is recommended that the use of a model that assumes an ESO is European style when, in fact, the option is American style with the other exotic variables should not be permitted, as this substantially overstates compensation expenses.

   • 2012, Hugo D. Junghenn, Option Valuation: A First Course in Financial Mathematics, CRC Press, page 53:

     Nevertheless, as we shall see, some properties of American options may be readily deduced from those of their European counterparts.

Hypernyms

• (nationality or ethnicity): Eurasian

Coordinate terms

• (timing of option exercise): American, Bermudan, Canary, Verde

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

European (plural Europeans)

1. Person living or originating from Europe.
2. Person who resides within the European Union.

Translations

References

• “European”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• European in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• “European”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.