What does "euro" mean?
The currency unit of the European Monetary Union. Symbol: €
Euro
/ˈjʊəɹəʊ/ adj, name, noun
adj, name, noun ·Uncommon ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The currency unit of the European Monetary Union. Symbol: €
- Grammar: euro is listed as adj, name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: common currency, currency code, currency-related, eur.
- Useful contrasts: dollar, guilder, guilders.
- Usage evidence: Before, when we still had guilders, everything was much cheaper than now with the euro.
How to use "euro"
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The currency unit of the European Monetary Union. Symbol: €
- 2 Macropus robustus, a wallaroo (macropod species).
- 3 Alternative spelling of euro, the currency and coin introduced 1999. alt-of, alternative, proscribed
- 4 the basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve European nations (Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Austria, Finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies wordnet
- 5 A coin with a face value of one euro.
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- 6 The UEFA European Football Championship, a European football competition held between the international teams of Europe every four years. usually
"England could have met world and European champions Spain but that eventuality was avoided by Sweden's 2-0 win against France, and Rooney's first goal in a major tournament since scoring twice in the 4-2 victory over Croatia in Lisbon at Euro 2004."
- 7 Abbreviation of European, in any sense. abbreviation, alt-of
"euro size"
- 8 Clipping of European. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Adjective
- 1 Clipping of European. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Proper Noun
- 1 A ghost town in Western Australia.
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"Before, when we still had guilders, everything was much cheaper than now with the euro."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "euro"?
Common synonyms include: common currency, currency code, currency-related, eur, euro-based, eurocentric.
How do you use "euro" in a sentence?
Before, when we still had guilders, everything was much cheaper than now with the euro.
How do you pronounce "euro"?
Pronounced /ˈjʊəɹəʊ/.
Etymology
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.
Etymology 2
From Adnyamathanha yuru, thuru.
Etymology 3
Named after the euro (macropod species).