euro
English
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Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈjʊəɹəʊ/
Audio (UK) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈjʊɹoʊ/, /ˈjɝoʊ/
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 Bosphorus.
Alternative forms
- Euro (proscribed)
Noun
euro (plural euros or euro)
- The currency unit of the European Monetary Union. Symbol: €
- A coin with a face value of 1 euro.
- An abbreviation for European in any sense; e.g. "euro size"; "euro style pad".
Usage notes
- The plural recommended for use in official European documents written in English has been euro for some time, but this recommendation has been amended to euros. However, in Irish English the plural euro is now well-established.
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Etymology 2
From Adnyamathanha yuru, thuru.
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References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛu̯ro]
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /œvro/, [ˈœwʁo], /ɛvro/, [ˈɛwʁo]
Usage notes
Amounts are given with the plural indefinite euro.
Inflection
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈøːroː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: eu‧ro
Noun
Usage notes
Sense 1 has an invariable plural: euro. The plural eurie is sometimes used colloquially.
Estonian
Etymology
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | euro | eurod |
accusative | euro | eurod |
genitive | euro | eurode |
partitive | eurot | eurosid |
illative | euro eurosse |
eurodesse |
inessive | euros | eurodes |
elative | eurost | eurodest |
allative | eurole | eurodele |
adessive | eurol | eurodel |
ablative | eurolt | eurodelt |
translative | euroks | eurodeks |
terminative | euroni | eurodeni |
essive | eurona | eurodena |
abessive | eurota | eurodeta |
comitative | euroga | eurodega |
Finnish
Etymology
A cross-European neologism. See euro for more.
Usage notes
- For the usage with cardinal numbers, see Appendix:Finnish numbers.
Declension
Inflection of euro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | euro | eurot | |
genitive | euron | eurojen | |
partitive | euroa | euroja | |
illative | euroon | euroihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | euro | eurot | |
accusative | nom. | euro | eurot |
gen. | euron | ||
genitive | euron | eurojen | |
partitive | euroa | euroja | |
inessive | eurossa | euroissa | |
elative | eurosta | euroista | |
illative | euroon | euroihin | |
adessive | eurolla | euroilla | |
ablative | eurolta | euroilta | |
allative | eurolle | euroille | |
essive | eurona | euroina | |
translative | euroksi | euroiksi | |
instructive | — | euroin | |
abessive | eurotta | euroitta | |
comitative | — | euroineen |
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /œ.ʁo/
audio (file) Audio (Paris) (file)
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from English euro, French euro, German Euro, Italian euro, Russian е́вро (jévro), Spanish euro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛu̯.ro/
Inari Sami
Etymology
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛu.ro/
- Stress: èuro
- Hyphenation: eu‧ro
Etymology 1
From English euro, from eurocurrency.[1]
Etymology 2
From Latin eurus, from Ancient Greek εὖρος (eûros).[2]
Noun
euro m (plural euri)
- A southwest wind; Eurus.
- 1321 [1308-1320], Dante, Alighieri, Divina Commedia [Divine Comedy], volume Paradiso (narrative poem, in Italian), 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], Carducci, Giosuè, Juvenilia, volume II (poem, in Italian), XXV. A O. T. T., lines 29–30, page 38:[2]
- i furori / D’euro che gl’ispidi flutti cavalca
- the fury / Of Eurus that the unpopular waves rides
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Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
euro m (definite singular euroen, indefinite plural euroer, definite plural euroene) (after a number - euro)
- euro (monetary unit)
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
euro m (definite singular euroen, indefinite plural euroar, definite plural euroane) (after a number - euro)
- euro (monetary unit)
Derived terms
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- èvro (Serbia)
Skolt Sami
Etymology
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛu̯rɔ/
Noun
euro n (genitive singular eura, nominative plural eurá, genitive plural eur, declension pattern of mesto)
Declension
Spanish
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /¹ɛ͡ɵrʊ/, /¹ɛvrʊ/, (lent from English) /¹juːrʊ/
Declension
Declension of euro | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | euro | euron | euro | eurona |
Genitive | euros | eurons | euros | euronas |
References
- Hur ska vi hantera euro?, Forskningscentralen för de inhemska språken, February 8, 2007
- euro, Språkrådet