euro

A2 Topic:Money & Finance

US /ˈjʊɹoʊ/ UK /ˈjʊəɹəʊ/ See IPA manual

Freq #11145

Meanings

1

noun
The unit of money used by most countries in the European Union. Symbol: €

A coffee here costs about three euros.
2

noun
A coin worth one euro.

She dropped a euro into the busker's hat.

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1 noun · the unit of money used by... eur

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Forms euros

Derived forms euroeuroeuroizationeuroizeeurozonej-eurononeuropetroeuro

Etymology

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 C…

Europa Latin Εὐρώπη Ancient Greek

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# euro

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈjʊɹoʊ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈjʊəɹəʊ/
**Frequency rank:** 11145

## Meanings
1. The unit of money used by most countries in the European Union. Symbol: €
2. A coin worth one euro.

## Examples
- A coffee here costs about three euros.
- She dropped a euro into the busker's hat.

## Derived Forms
- euroeuro
- euroization
- euroize
- eurozone
- j-euro
- noneuro
- petroeuro

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: Europa
- Root: Εὐρώπη

## Etymology
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 C…

## AI Etymology
Euro: 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.

## Topics
- Money & Finance

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