Euro

See also: euro, euró, eŭro, euro-, and Euro-

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

Euro (comparative more Euro, superlative most Euro)

1. Clipping of European.

Noun

Euro (plural Euros or Euro)

1. (proscribed) Alternative spelling of euro, the currency and coin introduced 1999.
2. (soccer, usually followed by the year) The UEFA European Football Championship, a European football competition held between the international teams of Europe every four years.
   • 2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     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.

3. Clipping of European. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Etymology 2

Named after the euro (macropod species).

Proper noun

Euro

1. A ghost town in Western Australia.

Anagrams

• ouer, roué, ureo-

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔʏ̯ro/, [ˈʔɔʏ̯ʁo]

• Audio

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Noun

Euro m (strong, genitive Euros or Euro, plural Euros or Euro)

1. euro (currency)

   Ich habe nur noch fünf Euro in meinem Portmonee.

   I have just five euro in my purse.

   Gestern habe ich zwei Euro gefunden.

   Yesterday I found two euro.

Usage notes

• The difference between the plurals Euro and Euros is equivalent to the difference between pence and pennies in English: The unchanged plural is used to mean an amount or value, whereas Euros may be used when referring to a number of coins. However, the unchanged plural can be used for the latter meaning as well.
• A third plural Euronen is restricted to jocular use. Rarely, a new singular Eurone m or f may be backformed.

Declension

Declension of Euro [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Euro	die	Euros, Euro
genitive	eines	des	Euros, Euro	der	Euros, Euro
dative	einem	dem	Euro	den	Euros, Euro
accusative	einen	den	Euro	die	Euros, Euro

Derived terms

• Teuro

Further reading

• “Euro” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Euro” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Euro” in Duden online
• Euro on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈew.ɾu/ [ˈeʊ̯.ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈew.ɾu/ [ˈeʊ̯.ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈew.ɾo/ [ˈeʊ̯.ɾo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈew.ɾu/

Proper noun

Euro m

1. (Greek mythology) Eurus (god of the east wind)
2. (Portugal, sports) Euros (the UEFA European Football Championship)