euro

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈjʊəɹəʊ/

• Audio (UK)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈjʊɹoʊ/, /ˈjɝoʊ/
• Rhymes: -ʊəɹəʊ, -ʊɹoʊ

Etymology 1

The name euro was the winner of a contest open to the general public to propose names for the new European currency, and as such is technically a neologism, although it obviously alludes to the common root of geographical names for the continent Europe, derived from Latin Europa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē), the name in Greek mythology of a princess, abducted by Zeus as a bull across the Bosporus. According to the official story, the term was coined by Belgian teacher and esperantist Germain Pirlot in 1995, who suggested it in a letter to Jacques Santer, then President of the European Commission.

Alternative forms

• Euro (proscribed)

Noun

euro (plural euros or euro)

1. The currency unit of the European Monetary Union. Symbol: €

   Synonym: EUR

2. A coin with a face value of one euro.
3. Abbreviation of European in any sense.

   euro size

   euro style pad

Usage notes

• The plural form euro was previously recommended for use in official European documents written in English, but this recommendation has been amended to euros. However, in Irish English the plural euro is now well-established. For further information, see Language and the euro on Wikipedia.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Adnyamathanha yuru, thuru.

Noun

euro (plural euros)

1. Macropus robustus, a wallaroo (macropod species).

Derived terms

• Euro

Translations

See also

Further reading

• euro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• ouer, roué, ureo-

Adnyamathanha

Alternative forms

• yuru

Noun

euro

1. wallaroo, euro

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

• Audio

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Noun

euro m (plural euros)

1. euro (currency)

Further reading

• “euro” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “euro”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “euro” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

euro n

1. euro (currency)

   Synonyms: éčko, euráč

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• euro in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Danish

Etymology

Clipping of europæisk (“European”), introduced in 1995.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /øvro/, , (regional) IPA^(key): /ɔjro/, , IPA^(key): /evro/, , (proscribed) IPA^(key): /jurov/,

Noun

euro c (singular definite euroen, plural indefinite euroer or euro)

1. euro (currency)

Usage notes

Amounts are given with the plural indefinite euro.

Declension

Further reading

• euro on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Etymology

International coinage, from euro- and Europa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈøːroː/

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• Hyphenation: eu‧ro

Noun

euro f or m (plural euro's, diminutive eurootje n)

1. euro (currency)

   Die broek kost tachtig euro.

   These pants cost eighty euros.

   Hij heb vijftien euri betaald daaro.

   He paid fifteen euros over there.

2. A euro (a coin of that currency)

   Heb jij twee euro's voor de automaat?

   Do you have two euro coins for the machine?

Usage notes

Sense 1 has an invariable plural: euro. The plural euri or eurie is sometimes used colloquially.

Estonian

Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:

euro

Wikipedia ^et

Etymology

From English euro. By surface analysis, clipping of Euroopa (“Europe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeu̯ro/,
• Rhymes: -euro
• Hyphenation: eu‧ro

Noun

euro (genitive euro, partitive eurot)

1. euro (currency)

   Synonym: (colloquial) eur

Declension

Compounds

Related terms

• euro-

References

• euro in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “euro”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism. See English euro for more. By surface analysis, clipping of Eurooppa (“Europe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeu̯ro/,
• Rhymes: -euro
• Syllabification^(key): eu‧ro

Noun

euro

1. euro (currency)

Usage notes

• For the usage with cardinal numbers, see Appendix:Finnish numbers.

Declension

Derived terms

See also

• Terms prefixed with euro-.

Further reading

• “euro”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ø.ʁo/

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• Audio (Paris)

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Noun

euro m (plural euros)

1. euro (currency)

   Synonym: balle

   • 2020 June 19, “Stopper la haine sur Internet”, in Le Monde‎:

     Ce texte, qui devait entrer en vigueur à partir du 1er juillet, créait une obligation pour les plates-formes et les moteurs de recherche de retirer sous vingt-quatre heures – et même dans l’heure pour les images pédopornographiques et l’apologie du terrorisme – les contenus « manifestement illicites » qui leur sont signalés, sous peine d’amendes pouvant aller jusqu’à 1,25 million d’euros.

     This text, which will become enforced beginning at the 1st of July, creats an obligation for platforms and search engines to remove in under twenty-four hours — and even within the hour for pedophilic pornography and justifications of terrorism — "manifestly illegal" contents of which they are alerted, under penalty of fines which can go up to 1.25 million euros.

Anagrams

• roue, roué

Galician

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

euro m (plural euros)

1. euro (currency)

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English euro, French euro, German Euro, Italian euro, Russian е́вро (jévro), Spanish euro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛu̯.ro/

Noun

euro (plural euros or euro-i or euri)

1. (numismatics) euro

Usage notes

All currencies in Ido are to be considered as foreign words. Thus, the plural are borrowed as well (euros). Though, because of the frequency of the currency, many treat the word as native (thus the plural form euri).

Inari Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from English euro.

Noun

euro

1. euro (currency)

Inflection

References

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

euro

Wikipedia ^it

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛw.ro/
• Rhymes: -ɛwro
• Hyphenation: èu‧ro

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English euro, from eurocurrency.

Noun

euro m (usually invariable, plural (nonstandard) euri)

1. euro (currency)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin eurus, from Ancient Greek εὖρος (eûros).

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

euro (vento)

Wikipedia ^it

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Noun

euro m (plural euri)

1. Synonym of scirocco: Eurus (southwest wind)
   • 1321 [1308-1320], Alighieri Dante, Divina Commedia [Divine Comedy], volume Paradiso (narrative poem), Canto VIII, lines 68–69:

     sopra ’l golfo / Che riceve da Euro maggior briga

     above the gulf / Which receives more/the most trouble from Eurus

   • (Can we date this quote?) [1850-1860], Giosuè Carducci, Juvenilia, volume II (poem), XXV. A O. T. T., page 38, lines 29–30:

     i furori / D’euro che gl’ispidi flutti cavalca

     the fury / Of Eurus that the unpopular waves rides

2. (obsolete, rare) Synonym of levante: levanter (easterly wind)

References

Anagrams

• ureo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈeu̯.roː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈeu̯.ro/,

Noun

eurō

1. dative/ablative singular of eurus

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

euro

Wikipedia ^no

Noun

euro m (definite singular euroen, indefinite plural euroer, definite plural euroene) (after a number - euro)

1. euro (monetary unit)

Derived terms

• euromynt
• euroområde
• eurosone

References

• “euro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

euro

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Noun

euro m (definite singular euroen, indefinite plural euroar, definite plural euroane) (after a number - euro)

1. euro (monetary unit)

Derived terms

• euromynt
• euroområde
• eurosone

References

• “euro” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

euro

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English euro, French euro, German Euro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛw.rɔ/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛwrɔ
• Syllabification: eu‧ro

Noun

euro n (indeclinable)

1. euro (currency of the European Monetary Union)

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Clipping of Europa, from Latin Eurōpa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: eu‧ro

Noun

euro m (plural euros)

1. euro (currency unit of the European Union)

See also

• cêntimo

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French euro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeu̯.ro/

Noun

euro m (plural euro)

1. euro (currency)

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• èvro (Serbia)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /euro/

Noun

èuro m (Cyrillic spelling ѐуро)

1. euro (currency)

Declension

Skolt Sami

Etymology

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Noun

euro

1. euro

Inflection

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛu̯rɔ/

Noun

euro n (genitive singular eura, nominative plural eurá, genitive plural eur, declension pattern of mesto)

1. euro

Declension

Further reading

• “euro”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeuɾo/
• Rhymes: -euɾo
• Syllabification: eu‧ro

Noun

euro m (plural euros)

1. euro (currency)

Derived terms

• eurazo (augmentative)
• eurillo (diminutive)
• eurito (diminutive)

Further reading

• “euro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹ɛ͡ɵrʊ/, /¹ɛvrʊ/, (borrowed from English) /¹juːrʊ/

Noun

euro c

1. the euro; the currency
2. a euro, coin of that currency

Declension

References

• Hur ska vi hantera euro?, Forskningscentralen för de inhemska språken, February 8, 2007
• euro, Språkrådet

Welsh

Etymology

From aur (“gold”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈeɨ̯rɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈei̯rɔ/

Verb

euro (first-person singular present euraf)

1. to gild

Conjugation

Mutation

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “euro”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies