adj
Meaning 1
Related to Europe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
European
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˌjʊɹ.əˈpi.ən/
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General-American: /ˌjɝ.əˈpi.ən/
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UK: /(ˌ)jʊə.ɹəˈpiː.ən/
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UK: /(ˌ)jʊə.ɹəˈpɪ.ən/
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adj
Meaning 2
Related to the European Union.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 3
Of white ethnicity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 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.
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adj
Meaning 4
That can be exercised only at the expiry date.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: business, finance
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noun
Meaning 5
A person living or originating from Europe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
A person who resides within the European Union.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
Meaning 7
of or relating to or characteristic of Europe or the people of Europe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- European Community
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noun
Meaning 8
a native or inhabitant of Europe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller
Narrower terms: Eurafrican, Eurasian, sahib, Celt, Kelt, Frank, Teuton, Albanian, Andorran, Austrian, Basque, Belgian, Bulgarian, Byelorussian, Belorussian, White Russian, Cypriot, Cypriote, Cyprian, Czechoslovakian, Czechoslovak, Czech, Slovak, Dane, Britisher, Briton, Brit, Angle, Saxon, Jute, Lombard, Langobard, Finn, Latvian, Lithuanian, Frenchman, Frenchwoman, French person, Balkan, Cretan, Greek, Hellene, Thracian, Netherlander, Dutchman, Hollander, Hungarian, Magyar, Icelander, Irish person, Irelander, Italian, Roman, Lapp, Lapplander, Sami, Saami, Same, Saame, Liechtensteiner, Luxemburger, Luxembourger, Macedonian, Norwegian, Norseman, Norse, Pole, Portuguese, Romanian, Rumanian, San Marinese, Scandinavian, Northman, Scot, Scotsman, Scotchman, Slovene, Spaniard, Swede, Tyrolean, Ukranian, Welshman, Welsh, Cambrian, Cymry, Maltese, German, Gibraltarian, Slovenian, Yugoslav, Jugoslav, Yugoslavian, Jugoslavian, Bohemian, Dalmatian, Grecian, Iberian, Monegasque, Monacan
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek Εὐρώπᾱ (Eurṓpā) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos) Ancient Greek Εὐρωπαῖος (Eurōpaîos)bor. Classical Latin Eurōpaeus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Classical Latin -ānus New Latin Eurōpaeānusbor. French européenbor. English European Borrowed from French européen, itself from New Latin Eurōpaeānus, from the secondary stem Eurōpae- extracted from the Classical Latin adjective Eurōpaeus [from Ancient Greek Εὐρωπαῖος (Eurōpaîos, “European”), from Εὐρώπᾱ (Eurṓpā, “Europe”) + -ῐος (-ĭos, suffix forming adjectives)] + -ānus (“-an”). By surface analysis, Europ(e) + -ean.
Across languages
Translations
253 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: Europees — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Albanian: evropian — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Arabic: أُورُوبِيّ (ʔurūbiyy) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Armenian: եվրոպական (evropakan) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Azerbaijani: avropalı — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Belarusian: еўрапе́йскі (jewrapjéjski) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Belarusian: эўрапе́йскі (ewrapjéjski) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Bengali: ইউরোপীয় (iurōpiẏo) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Bengali: ইউরোপিয়ান (iurōpiẏan) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Breton: Europad — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Bulgarian: европе́йски (evropéjski) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Burmese: ဥရောပ (u.rau:pa.) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Catalan: europeu — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Chinese Mandarin: 歐洲的 /欧洲的 (Ōuzhōu de) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Czech: evropský — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Danish: europæisk — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Dutch: Europees — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Esperanto: eŭropa — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Estonian: euroopa — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Finnish: eurooppalainen — relating to Europe or the European Union
- French: européen — relating to Europe or the European Union
- West-Frisian: Europeesk — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Galician: europeo — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Georgian: ევროპული (evroṗuli) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- German: europäisch — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Greek: ευρωπαϊκός (evropaïkós) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Hawaiian: ʻEulopa — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Hebrew: אֵירוֹפִּי (eirópi) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Hindi: यूरोपीय (yūropīya) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Hungarian: európai — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Icelandic: evrópskur — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Ido: Europala — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Interlingua: europee — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Irish: Eorpach — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Irish: na hEorpa — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Italian: europeo — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Jamaican Creole: Yuropiyan — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Jamaican Creole: Yuuropiyan — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Japanese: ヨーロッパの (Yōroppa no) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Japanese: 欧州の (Ōshū no) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Kazakh: еуропалық (europalyq) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Khmer: អឺរ៉ុប (ʼəɨrop) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Komi-Permyak: европейскӧй (jevropejsköj) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Korean: 유럽의 (yureob-ui) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Korean: 구라파(歐羅巴)의 (gurapa-ui) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Northern Kurdish: ewrûpî — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Northern Kurdish: ewrûpayî — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Kyrgyz: европалык (yevropalık) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Lao: ເອີລົບ (ē ʼī lop) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Lao: ເອີຣົບ (ē ʼī rop) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Latin: Eurōpaeus — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Latvian: Eiropas — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Latvian: eiropiešu — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Latvian: eiropeisks — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Lithuanian: Europos — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Lithuanian: europietiškas — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Low German: europääsch — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Luganda: muzungu — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Malay: Eropah — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Malayalam: യൂറോപ്യൻ (yūṟōpyaṉ) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Maltese: Ewropew — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Mongolian: европын (jevropyn) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Mongolian: европ (jevrop) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Norman: Ûropéen — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Norwegian Bokmål: europeisk — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Norwegian Nynorsk: europeisk — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Occitan: europèu — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Pashto: اروپايي (orupāyi) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Dari: اُرُوپَائِی (urūpā'ī) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Iranian Persian: اُروپایی (orupâyi) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Polish: europejski — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Polish: unijny — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Portuguese: europeu — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Romanian: european — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Romansh: europeic — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Russian: европе́йский (jevropéjskij) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Sanskrit: फिरङ्ग (phiraṅga) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Scottish Gaelic: Eòrpach — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Serbo-Croatian: ѐуропскӣ — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Serbo-Croatian: ѐвропскӣ — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Serbo-Croatian: èuropskī — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Serbo-Croatian: èvropskī — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Sicilian: eurupìu — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Sicilian: eurupìa — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Sicilian: eurupìi — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Slovak: európsky — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Slovene: evropski — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Spanish: europeo — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Swedish: europeisk — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Tagalog: Yuropin — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Tajik: аврупоӣ (avrupoyi) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Tamil: ஐரோப்பியன் (airōppiyaṉ) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Telugu: యూరోపియను (yūrōpiyanu) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Thai: ยุโรป (yú-ròop) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Turkish: Avrupalı — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Turkmen: iewropaly — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Turkmen: ýewropaly — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Ukrainian: європе́йський (jevropéjsʹkyj) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Ukrainian: европейський (evropejsʹkyj) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Urdu: یُورَپی (yūrapī) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Uyghur: ياۋروپانىڭ (yawropaning) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Uyghur: ياۋروپالىق (yawropaliq) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Uzbek: yevropacha — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Uzbek: yevropalik — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Vietnamese: châu Âu — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Vietnamese: Âu châu — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Volapük: Yuropik — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Welsh: Ewropeaidd — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Yiddish: אייראָפּעיִש (eyropeish) — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Zhuang: Ouhcouh — relating to Europe or the European Union
- Afrikaans: Europees — relating to a European or Europeans
- Catalan: europeu — relating to a European or Europeans
- Chinese Mandarin: 歐洲人的 /欧洲人的 — relating to a European or Europeans
- Esperanto: eŭropana — relating to a European or Europeans
- Esperanto: vireŭropana — relating to a European or Europeans
- Esperanto: eŭropanina — relating to a European or Europeans
- Finnish: eurooppalainen — relating to a European or Europeans
- Galician: europeo — relating to a European or Europeans
- Hindi: यूरोपीय (yūropīya) — relating to a European or Europeans
- Ido: Europana — relating to a European or Europeans
- Ido: Europanula — relating to a European or Europeans
- Ido: Europanina — relating to a European or Europeans
- Irish: Eorpach — relating to a European or Europeans
- Italian: europeo — relating to a European or Europeans
- Italian: europea — relating to a European or Europeans
- Kumyk: европа (yewropa) — relating to a European or Europeans
- Latvian: eiropiešu — relating to a European or Europeans
- Latvian: eiropeisks — relating to a European or Europeans
- Occitan: europèu — relating to a European or Europeans
- Sanskrit: फिरङ्ग (phiraṅga) — relating to a European or Europeans
- Sicilian: eurupìu — relating to a European or Europeans
- Sicilian: eurupìa — relating to a European or Europeans
- Sicilian: eurupìi — relating to a European or Europeans
- Volapük: Yuropanik — relating to a European or Europeans
- Volapük: hi-Yuropanik — relating to a European or Europeans
- Volapük: ji-Yuropanik — relating to a European or Europeans
- Albanian: evropian — person
- Arabic: أُورُوبِيّ (ʔurūbiyy) — person
- Arabic: أُورُوبِيَّة (ʔurūbiyya) — person
- Armenian: եվրոպացի (evropacʻi) — person
- Azerbaijani: avropalı — person
- Belarusian: еўрапе́ец (jewrapjéjec) — person
- Belarusian: еўрапе́йка (jewrapjéjka) — person
- Bengali: ফিরিঙ্গি (phiriṅgi) — person
- Bulgarian: европе́ец (evropéec) — person
- Bulgarian: европе́йка (evropéjka) — person
- Bulgarian: европейче (evropéjče) — person
- Burmese: ဉရောပတိုက်သူ (nya.rau:pa.tuiksu) — person
- Catalan: europeu — person
- Catalan: europea — person
- Chinese Mandarin: 歐洲人 /欧洲人 (ōuzhōurén) — person
- Czech: Evropan — person
- Czech: Evropanka — person
- Danish: europæer — person
- Dutch: Europeaanse — person
- Dutch: Europeaan — person
- Esperanto: eŭropano — person
- Esperanto: vireŭropano — person
- Esperanto: eŭropanino — person
- Estonian: eurooplane — person
- Finnish: eurooppalainen — person
- French: Européen — person
- French: Européenne — person
- West-Frisian: Europeaan — person
- Galician: europeo — person
- Galician: europea — person
- Georgian: ევროპელი (evroṗeli) — person
- German: Europäer — person
- German: Europäerin — person
- Greek: Ευρωπαίος (Evropaíos) — person
- Greek: Ευρωπαία (Evropaía) — person
- Hausa: Bature — person
- Hausa: Baturiya — person
- Hawaiian: ʻEulopa — person
- Hawaiian: haole — person
- Hindi: यूरोपीय (yūropīya) — person
- Hungarian: európai — person
- Hungarian: européer — person
- Ido: Europano — person
- Ido: Europanulo — person
- Ido: Europanino — person
- Interlingua: europeo — person
- Irish: Eorpach — person
- Italian: europeo — person
- Italian: europea — person
- Jamaican Creole: Yuropiyan — person
- Jamaican Creole: Yuuropiyan — person
- Japanese: ヨーロッパ人 (yōroppajin) — person
- Japanese: 欧州人 (ōshūjin) — person
- Kazakh: еуропалық (europalyq) — person
- Kikuyu: Mũthũngũ — person
- Korean: 유럽인 (yureobin) — person
- Korean: 유럽 사람 (yureop saram) — person
- Korean: 구라파인 (gurapain) — person
- Korean: 구라파(歐羅巴) 사람 (gurapa saram) — person
- Kumyk: европалы (yewropalı) — person
- Kyrgyz: европалык (yevropalık) — person
- Latvian: eiropietis — person
- Latvian: eiropiete — person
- Lithuanian: europietis — person
- Lithuanian: europietė — person
- Macedonian: Европеец (Evropeec) — person
- Macedonian: Европејка (Evropejka) — person
- Norman: Ûropéen — person
- Norman: Ûropéenne — person
- Norwegian Bokmål: europeer — person
- Norwegian Nynorsk: europear — person
- Old Tupi: karaiba — person
- Pannonian Rusyn: Европян (Evropjan) — person
- Pannonian Rusyn: Европеєц (Evropejec) — person
- Pannonian Rusyn: Европянка (Evropjanka) — person
- Pannonian Rusyn: Европейка (Evropejka) — person
- Pashto: اروپايي (orupāyí) — person
- Dari: اُرُوپَائِی (urūpā'ī) — person
- Iranian Persian: اُروپایی (orupâyi) — person
- Polish: Europejczyk — person
- Polish: Europejka — person
- Portuguese: europeu — person
- Portuguese: europeia — person
- Romanian: european — person
- Romanian: europeană — person
- Russian: европе́ец (jevropéjec) — person
- Russian: европе́йка (jevropéjka) — person
- Sanskrit: फिरङ्गिन् (phiraṅgin) — person
- Sanskrit: ताम्रमुख (tāmramukha) — person
- Serbo-Croatian: Európljanin — person
- Serbo-Croatian: Európljānka — person
- Serbo-Croatian: Européjac — person
- Slovak: Európan — person
- Slovak: Európanka — person
- Slovene: Evropejec — person
- Slovene: Evropejka — person
- Spanish: europeo — person
- Spanish: europea — person
- Sranan Tongo: bakra — person
- Swedish: europé — person
- Tajik: аврупоӣ (avrupoyi) — person
- Telugu: యూరోపియను (yūrōpiyanu) — person
- Turkish: Avrupalı — person
- Turkmen: ýewropaly — person
- Ukrainian: європе́єць (jevropéjecʹ) — person
- Ukrainian: європе́йка (jevropéjka) — person
- Urdu: یُورَپی (yūrapī) — person
- Uyghur: ياۋروپالىق (yawropaliq) — person
- Uzbek: yevropalik — person
- Vietnamese: người châu Âu — person
- Vietnamese: người Âu châu — person
- Volapük: Yuropan — person
- Volapük: hi-Yuropan — person
- Volapük: ji-Yuropan — person
- Welsh: Ewropead — person
- Yiddish: אייראָפּעער (eyropeer) — person
- Yiddish: אייראָפּעערין (eyropeerin) — person
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