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English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?j?????/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?j??o?/, /?j?o?/

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 ?????? (Eur?p?), the name in Greek mythology of a princess, abducted by Zeus as a bull across the Bosphorus.

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 1 euro.
3. Abbreviation of European in any sense.

Usage notes

• The plural recommended for use in official European documents written in English had been euro for some time, but this recommendation has been amended to euros. However, in Irish English the plural euro is now well-established.

Derived terms

• euro area
• euro coin
• eurozone

Translations

Etymology 2

From Adnyamathanha yuru, thuru.

Noun

euro (plural euros)

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

Translations

See also

• joey
• kangaroo
• macropod
• marsupial
• wallaby

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

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.
• “euro” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??u?ro]

Noun

euro n

1. euro (currency)

   Synonyms: é?ko, eurá?

Declension

Derived terms

• euromince
• eurozóna

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/, [?œw?o], (regional) IPA^(key): /?jro/, [??j?o], IPA^(key): /evro/, [?ew?o], (proscribed) IPA^(key): /jurov/, [?ju??w]

Noun

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

1. euro (currency)

Usage notes

Amounts are given with the plural indefinite euro.

Inflection

Further reading

• euro on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Etymology

International coinage, from euro- and Europa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ø?ro?/
• 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.

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

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

euro (genitive euro, partitive eurot)

1. euro (currency)

Declension

Finnish

Etymology

A cross-European neologism. See euro for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?eu?ro/, [?e?u?ro?]
• Rhymes: -euro
• Syllabification: eu?ro

Noun

euro

1. euro (currency)

Usage notes

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

Declension

Compounds

See also

• Terms prefixed with euro-.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ø.?o/

Noun

euro m (plural euros)

1. euro (currency)

Anagrams

• roue, roué

Galician

Pronunciation

Noun

euro m (plural euros)

1. euro (currency)

Ido

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??u?.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 plura form euri).

Inari Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

euro

1. euro (currency)

Inflection

References

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??w.ro/
• Hyphenation: èu?ro

Etymology 1

From English euro, from eurocurrency.

Noun

euro m (invariable)

1. euro (currency)

Etymology 2

From Latin eurus, from Ancient Greek ????? (eûros).

Noun

euro m (plural euri)

1. Synonym of scirocco: Eurus (southwest wind)
2. (obsolete, rare) Synonym of levante: levanter (easterly wind)

References

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?eu?.ro?/, [??u??o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?eu?.ro/, [???u?r?]

Noun

eur?

1. dative/ablative singular of eurus

Norwegian Bokmål

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

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

Etymology

From English euro, French euro, and German Euro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.wr?/

Noun

euro n (indeclinable)

1. euro (currency unit of the European Monetary Union)

Further reading

• euro in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• euro in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Derived from Latin Europa, from Ancient Greek ?????? (Eur?p?).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?ew.??/, /?ew.?u/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?ew.?u/
• Hyphenation: eu?ro

Noun

euro m (plural euros)

1. euro (currency unit of the European Union)

See also

• cêntimo

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• èvro (Serbia)

Noun

èuro m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. euro (currency)

Declension

Skolt Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

euro

1. euro

Inflection

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??u?r?/

Noun

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

1. euro

Declension

Further reading

• euro in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?eu?o/, [?eu?.?o]

Noun

euro m (plural euros)

1. euro (currency)

Derived terms

• eurillo (diminutive)
• eurito (diminutive)

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹???r?/, /¹?vr?/, (borrowed from English) /¹ju?r?/

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): /?e??r?/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?ei?r?/

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

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Noun

neuro (countable and uncountable, plural neuros)

1. (countable, informal) Neurologist.
2. (uncountable, informal) Neurology.
   • 2000, Melissa Anne Goldstein, Travels with the Wolf: A Story of Chronic Illness (page 47)

     My neurologist and the entire neuro department were an integral part of my hospital family. I was the darling of the department.

Synonyms

• (neurologist): neurologist

Anagrams

• Rouen

Dutch

Etymology

Blend of noorden +? euro or noordelijk +? euro, probably also influenced by neuro-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nø?.ro?/
• Hyphenation: neu?ro

Noun

neuro c (plural neuro's, diminutive neurootje n)

1. (politics) a (putative) common currency for northern Europe

Antonyms

• zeuro

Italian

Noun

neuro m (invariable)

1. neurological clinic (properly clinica neurologica)
2. (informal) madhouse

Anagrams

• nuore