european
/ˌjʊɹ.əˈpi.ən/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.08 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Related to the European Union.
adj
That can be exercised only at the expiry date.
noun
A person living or originating from Europe.
noun
A person who resides within the European Union.
Example Sentences
- "By the time this mysterious knight died in the 1360s, his book was available in every European language, including Dutch, Gaelic, Czech, Catalan, and Walloon."
- "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."
- "From a domestic point of view the advent of the Chinese was a decided blessing, for, instead of the European ladies of the settlement having to do all their own work, they were able to employ a proper staff of Chinese boys."
- "All of these trade on the Chicago Board Options Exchange. Most of the contracts are European. An exception is the OEX contract on the S&P 100, which is American."
- "Based on the analyses throughout the case study, it is recommended that the use of a model that assumes an ESO is European style when, in fact, the option is American style with the other exotic variables should not be permitted, as this substantially overstates compensation expenses."
- "Nevertheless, as we shall see, some properties of American options may be readily deduced from those of their European counterparts."
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 Proto-Italic *-ānos 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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌjʊɹ.əˈpi.ən/
- British English: /(ˌ)jʊə.ɹəˈpiː.ən/
Inflected Forms
more European (comparative)
most European (superlative)
Europaean (alternative, obsolete)
Europæan (alternative, obsolete)
Europeans (plural)