euro

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noun

The currency unit of the European Monetary Union. Symbol: €

“euro size”

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EUR
OriginLatin Europa ← Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη →
CommonScrabble 4
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Meanings

euro1

nouneuro (plural euros or euro)

plural euros · alternative Euro

  1. hobbiesThe currency unit of the European Monetary Union. Symbol: €

    Synonyms: EUR

  2. A coin with a face value of one euro.
  3. abbreviationAbbreviation of European, in any sense.

    euro size

    1 more example

    euro style pad

euro2

nouneuro (plural euros)

plural euros

  1. Any member of the species Macropus robustus of macropods; a wallaroo.

Euro3

adjectiveEuro (comparative more Euro, superlative most Euro)

comparative more Euro · superlative most Euro

  1. abbreviationclippinginformalClipping of European.
nounEuro (plural Euros or Euro)

plural Euros

  1. alternativeproscribedAlternative spelling of euro, the currency and coin introduced 1999.
  2. usuallyball gamesThe UEFA European Football Championship, a European football competition held between the international teams of Europe every four years.

    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.

    2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2020
  3. abbreviationclippinginformalClipping of European.

    Gee, you mean that a Euro cannot have an email account elsewhere. I guess my account in France makes me French when I use it from Paris?

    2000 May 9, [Scott] <dspweg@hotmail.com>, “The Price of Freedom”, in rec.games.frp.misc (Usenet), archived from the original on 18 Aug 2026

Euro4

proper noun
  1. A ghost town in Western Australia.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe currency unit of the European Monetary Union. Symbol: €

Similar
EUR
Also see
eurodollar

Origin

euro · noun

  1. Ancient GreekΕὐρώπη
  2. LatinEuropa
  3. Englisheuro

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.

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euro · noun

  1. Adnyamathanhayuru
  2. Englisheuro

From Adnyamathanha yuru, thuru.

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Euro · proper noun

Named after the euro (macropod species).

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Translations

Afrikaans euro
  • eurocurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
Arabic يُورُو, يورو
  • يُورُو (yūrū)currency unit of the European Monetary Union
  • يورو (yūru)currency unit of the European Monetary Union
Basque euro, euro
  • eurocurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
  • eurocoin worth 1 euro
Bengali ইউরো
  • ইউরো (iurō)currency unit of the European Monetary Union
Bulgarian е́вро
  • е́вро (évro)currency unit of the European Monetary Union
Catalan euro
  • eurocurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
Chinese Cantonese 歐元 /欧元, 歐羅 /欧罗
  • 歐元 /欧元 (au¹ jyun⁴)currency unit of the European Monetary Union
  • 歐羅 /欧罗 (au¹ lo⁴)currency unit of the European Monetary Union
Chinese Mandarin 歐元 /欧元
  • 歐元 /欧元 (ōuyuán)currency unit of the European Monetary Union
Czech euro
  • eurocurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
Danish euro
  • eurocurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
Dutch euro
  • eurocurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
Esperanto eŭro
  • eŭrocurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
Estonian euro, eur
  • eurocurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
  • eurcurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
Finnish euro, euro
  • eurocurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
  • eurocoin worth 1 euro
  • vuorikenguruMacropus robustus
French euro
  • eurocurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
German Euro
  • Eurocurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
Greek ευρώ, ευρώ
  • ευρώ (evró)currency unit of the European Monetary Union
  • ευρώ (evró)coin worth 1 euro
Hebrew אֵירוֹ
  • אֵירוֹ (eiro)currency unit of the European Monetary Union
Hindi यूरो
  • यूरो (yūro)currency unit of the European Monetary Union
Hungarian euró
  • eurócurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
Icelandic evra
  • evracurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
Indonesian euro
  • eurocurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
Irish eoró, euro
  • eorócurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
  • eurocurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
  • euronnacurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
  • eurocoin worth 1 euro
Italian euro
  • eurocurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
Japanese ユーロ
  • ユーロ (yūro)currency unit of the European Monetary Union
Korean 유로
  • 유로 (yuro)currency unit of the European Monetary Union
Latin euro, euronummus
  • eurocurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
  • euronummuscurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
  • eurumcurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
  • euronuscurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
Latvian eiro
  • eirocurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
Lithuanian euras
  • eurascurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
Malay euro
  • eurocurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
Māori uro
  • urocurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
Norwegian Bokmål euro
  • eurocurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
Persian یورو
  • یورو (yuro)currency unit of the European Monetary Union
Polish euro, euro
  • eurocurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
  • eurocoin worth 1 euro
  • kangur górskiMacropus robustus
Portuguese euro
  • eurocurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
Romanian euro, euro
  • eurocurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
  • eurocoin worth 1 euro
Russian е́вро, евро
  • е́вро (jévro)currency unit of the European Monetary Union
  • евро (jevro)coin worth 1 euro
Slovak euro
  • eurocurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
Spanish euro, euro
  • eurocurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
  • eurocoin worth 1 euro
Swedish euro
  • eurocurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
Tagalog euro
  • eurocurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
Thai ยูโร
  • ยูโร (yuu-roo)currency unit of the European Monetary Union
Turkish avro, euro
  • avrocurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
  • eurocurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
Ukrainian є́вро
  • є́вро (jévro)currency unit of the European Monetary Union
Urdu یورو
  • یورو (yūro)currency unit of the European Monetary Union
Vietnamese euro, Âu kim
  • eurocurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
  • Âu kimcurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
Welsh ewro
  • ewrocurrency unit of the European Monetary Union
Yiddish אייראָ
  • אייראָ (eyro)currency unit of the European Monetary Union

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with euro

bureauTruropuroburrochiaroscuro
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Anagrams

ouer
Cite this entry
APA

euro. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/euro

MLA

“euro.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/euro. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “euro,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/euro.

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