Phrase guide

Central European

adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, from, or pertaining to Central Europe, its people, or its culture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A Central European person; one who comes from or lives in Central Europe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From Central Europe + -ean, or central + European.

Across languages

Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: цэнтральнаеўрапе́йскі (centralʹnajewrapjéjski) — of or from Central Europe
  • Bulgarian: централноевропейски (centralnoevropejski) — of or from Central Europe
  • Catalan: centreeuropeu — of or from Central Europe
  • Catalan: centreuropeu — of or from Central Europe
  • Chinese Mandarin: 中歐的 /中欧的 (Zhōng-Ōu de) — of or from Central Europe
  • Czech: středoevropský — of or from Central Europe
  • Esperanto: Centr-Eŭropa — of or from Central Europe
  • Esperanto: mez-eŭropa — of or from Central Europe
  • Finnish: keskieurooppalainen — of or from Central Europe
  • French: centreuropéen — of or from Central Europe
  • French: médioeuropéen — of or from Central Europe
  • Georgian: ცენტრალურ ევროპული (cenṭralur evroṗuli) — of or from Central Europe
  • Georgian: ცენტრალური ევროპის (cenṭraluri evroṗis) — of or from Central Europe
  • German: zentraleuropäisch — of or from Central Europe
  • German: mitteleuropäisch — of or from Central Europe
  • Greek: κεντροευρωπαϊκός (kentroevropaïkós) — of or from Central Europe
  • Hungarian: közép-európai — of or from Central Europe
  • Irish: Lár na hEorpa — of or from Central Europe
  • Italian: centroeuropeo — of or from Central Europe
  • Italian: medieuropeo — of or from Central Europe
  • Italian: mitteleuropeo — of or from Central Europe
  • Japanese: 中欧の (Chūō no) — of or from Central Europe
  • Japanese: 中央ヨーロッパの (Chūō-Yōroppa no) — of or from Central Europe
  • Pannonian Rusyn: штредньоевропски (štrednʹoevropski) — of or from Central Europe
  • Polish: środkowoeuropejski — of or from Central Europe
  • Polish: centralnoeuropejski — of or from Central Europe
  • Romanian: central-european — of or from Central Europe
  • Russian: центра̀льноевропе́йский (centràlʹnojevropéjskij) — of or from Central Europe
  • Spanish: centroeuropeo — of or from Central Europe
  • Swedish: centraleuropeisk — of or from Central Europe
  • Swedish: mellaneuropeisk — of or from Central Europe
  • Ukrainian: центра̀льноєвропе́йський (centràlʹnojevropéjsʹkyj) — of or from Central Europe
  • Bulgarian: централноевропеец (centralnoevropeec) — Central European person
  • Bulgarian: централноевропейка (centralnoevropejka) — Central European person
  • Czech: Středoevropan — Central European person
  • Czech: Středoevropanka — Central European person
  • Finnish: keskieurooppalainen — Central European person
  • Georgian: ცენტრალური ევროპელი (cenṭraluri evroṗeli) — Central European person
  • German: Mitteleuropäer — Central European person
  • German: Mitteleuropäerin — Central European person
  • Polish: Środkowy Europejczyk — Central European person
  • Polish: Środkowa Europejka — Central European person
  • Polish: Środkowoeuropejczyk — Central European person
  • Polish: Środkowoeuropejka — Central European person
  • Polish: centralny Europejczyk — Central European person
  • Polish: Centralna Europejka — Central European person
  • Romanian: central-european — Central European person
  • Romanian: central-europeană — Central European person
  • Spanish: centroeuropeo — Central European person
  • Spanish: centroeuropea — Central European person
  • Swedish: centraleuropé — Central European person
  • Swedish: mellaneuropé — Central European person
  • Turkish: Orta Avrupalı — Central European person