euro
English

Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈjʊəɹəʊ/
Audio (UK) (file) - (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
- The currency unit of the European Monetary Union. Symbol: €
- Synonym: EUR
- A coin with a face value of one euro.
- 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.
Translations
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Etymology 2
From Adnyamathanha yuru, thuru.
Derived terms
Translations
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Further reading
Catalan
Pronunciation
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): [ˈɛu̯ro]
Declension
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/, [ˈœwʁo], (regional) IPA(key): /ɔjro/, [ˈʌjʁo], IPA(key): /evro/, [ˈewʁo], (proscribed) IPA(key): /jurov/, [ˈjuɹɔw]
Usage notes
Amounts are given with the plural indefinite euro.
Declension
Further reading
euro on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈøːroː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: eu‧ro
Noun
Estonian

Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeu̯ro/, [ˈeu̯ro]
- Rhymes: -euro
- Hyphenation: eu‧ro
Declension
Declension of euro (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | euro | eurod | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | euro | ||
genitive | eurode | ||
partitive | eurot | eurosid | |
illative | 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 |
Compounds
- euroala
- eurokvoot
- euroline
- euromünt
- eurone
- eurorahatäht
- eurosent
- eurotsoon
- eurovastane
Related terms
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism. See English euro for more. By surface analysis, clipping of Eurooppa (“Europe”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeu̯ro/, [ˈe̞u̯ro̞]
- Rhymes: -euro
- Syllabification(key): eu‧ro
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 | ||
abessive | eurotta | euroitta | ||
instructive | — | euroin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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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/
audio (file) Audio (Paris) (file)
Noun
euro m (plural euros)
- 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.
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from English euro, French euro, German Euro, Italian euro, Russian е́вро (jévro), Spanish euro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛu̯.ro/
Inari Sami
Inflection
Even inflection in -o[1] | ||
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singular | plural | |
Nominative | euro | euroh |
Accusative | euro | euroid |
Genitive | euro | euroi |
Illative | euron | euroid |
Locative | eurost | euroin |
Comitative | euroin | euroiguin |
Abessive | eurottáá | euroittáá |
Essive | euron | — |
Partitive | eurod | — |
References
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛw.ro/
- Rhymes: -ɛwro
- Hyphenation: èu‧ro
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English euro, from eurocurrency.[1]
Noun
euro m (plural euri)
- 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:[2]
- i furori / D’euro che gl’ispidi flutti cavalca
- the fury / Of Eurus that the unpopular waves rides
- (obsolete, rare) Synonym of levante: levanter (easterly wind)
References
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈeu̯.roː/, [ˈɛu̯roː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈeu̯.ro/, [ˈɛːu̯ro]
Noun
eurō
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | eurō | eurōnēs |
Genitive | eurōnis | eurōnum |
Dative | eurōnī | eurōnibus |
Accusative | eurōnem | eurōnēs |
Ablative | eurōne | eurōnibus |
Vocative | eurō | eurōnēs |
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
euro m (definite singular euroen, indefinite plural euroer, definite plural euroene) (after a number - euro)
- euro (monetary unit)
Derived terms
References
- “euro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
euro m (definite singular euroen, indefinite plural euroar, definite plural euroane) (after a number - euro)
- euro (monetary unit)
Derived terms
References
- “euro” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛw.rɔ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛwrɔ
- Syllabification: eu‧ro
Portuguese
Etymology
Clipping of Europa, from Latin Eurōpa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈew.ɾu/ [ˈeʊ̯.ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈew.ɾo/ [ˈeʊ̯.ɾo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈew.ɾɔ/, /ˈew.ɾu/
- Hyphenation: eu‧ro
See also
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeu̯.ro/
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /euro/
Skolt Sami
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛu̯rɔ/
Noun
euro n (genitive singular eura, nominative plural eurá, genitive plural eur, declension pattern of mesto)
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/ [ˈeu̯.ɾo]
- Rhymes: -euɾo
- Syllabification: eu‧ro
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/
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
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈeɨ̯rɔ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈei̯rɔ/
Conjugation
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | euraf | euri | eura | eurwn | eurwch | eurant | eurir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
eurwn | eurit | eurai | eurem | eurech | eurent | eurid | |
preterite | eurais | euraist | eurodd | eurasom | eurasoch | eurasant | eurwyd | |
pluperfect | euraswn | eurasit | eurasai | eurasem | eurasech | eurasent | eurasid, euresid | |
present subjunctive | eurwyf | eurych | euro | eurom | euroch | euront | eurer | |
imperative | — | eura | eured | eurwn | eurwch | eurent | eurer | |
verbal noun | euro | |||||||
verbal adjectives | euredig euradwy |
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | eura i, euraf i | euri di | eurith o/e/hi, euriff e/hi | eurwn ni | eurwch chi | euran nhw |
conditional | eurwn i, eurswn i | euret ti, eurset ti | eurai fo/fe/hi, eursai fo/fe/hi | euren ni, eursen ni | eurech chi, eursech chi | euren nhw, eursen nhw |
preterite | eurais i, eures i | euraist ti, eurest ti | eurodd o/e/hi | euron ni | euroch chi | euron nhw |
imperative | — | eura | — | — | eurwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
euro | unchanged | unchanged | heuro |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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