European
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /(ˌ)jʊə.ɹəˈpiː.ən/
ipa: /(ˌ)jʊə.ɹəˈpɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˌjʊɚ.əˈpi.ən/
ipa: /ˌjɝ.əˈpi.ən/
note: Indic
ipa: /juˈropɪjən/
Forms: form: Europeans
form: Europaean
form: Europæan
Etymology: Borrowed from French Européen, via Latin europaeus, ultimately from Ancient Greek Εὐρωπαῖος (Eurōpaîos, “European”). By surface analysis, Europe + -an.
Senses: examples: text: Until the close of the early modern era, Western Europeans on most evenings experienced two major intervals of sleep bridged by up to an hour or more of quiet wakefulness. […] The initial interval of slumber was usually referred to as “first sleep,” or, less often, “first nap” or “dead sleep.”
ref: 2001 April, A. Roger Ekirch, “Sleep We Have Lost: Pre-Industrial Slumber in the British Isles”, in The American Historical Review, volume 106, number 2, American Historical Association, page 364:
glosses: A person living or originating from Europe.
glosses: A person who resides within the European Union.
Synonyms: word: European
Hypernyms: word: inhabitant
word: person
Hyponyms: word: One of a supernational region within Europe
word: Western European
word: Eastern European
word: Northern European
word: Southern European
word: Central European
word: Balt
word: Iberian
word: Scandi
word: Scandinavian
word: Serb
word: Slav
word: One of a transcontinental supernational region partially within Europe
word: Caucasian
word: Eurasian
word: Soviet
word: One of a transcontinental nation partially within Europe
word: Armenian
word: Azerbaijani
word: Georgian
word: Russian
word: Turk
word: One of a country or nation within Europe
word: Albanian
word: Andorran
word: Austrian
word: Belarusan
word: Belgian
word: Bosniak
word: Bosnian
word: Brit
word: Briton
word: Britisher
word: Bulgarian
word: Croat
word: Croatian
word: Czech
word: Dane
word: Dutchman
word: Dutchwoman
word: Englander
word: Englishman
word: Englishwoman
word: Estonian
word: Finn
word: Frenchman
word: Frenchwoman
word: German
word: Greek
word: Hollander
word: Hungarian
word: Icelander
word: Irishman
word: Irishwoman
word: Italian
word: Latvian
word: Liechtensteiner
word: Lithuanian
word: Luxembourger
word: Macedonian
word: Maltese
word: Malteser
word: Moldovan
word: Monégasque
word: Montenegrin
word: Norwegian
word: Polack
word: Pole
word: Portuguese
word: Romanian
word: Sammarinese
word: Scotsman
word: Scotswoman
word: Serbian
word: Slovak
word: Slovenian
word: Spaniard
word: Swede
word: Swiss
word: Ukrainian
word: Vaticanian
word: Welshman
word: Welshwoman
word: One of a country or nation associated with Europe
word: Cypriot
word: Greenlander
word: One of a partially-recognized or unrecognized country or nation within Europe
word: Abkhaz
word: Abkhazian
word: Kosovar
word: Northern Cypriot
word: Pridnestrovian
word: Sealander
word: South Ossetian
word: Transnistrian
word: Turkish Cypriot
word: One of a dependency within Europe
word: Alander
word: Faroe Islander
word: Faroese
word: Guernseyman
word: Guernseywoman
word: Gibraltarian
word: Jerseyman
word: Jerseywoman
word: Manx
word: Manxman
word: Manxwoman
word: Svalbardian
word: One of a former country or nation within Europe
word: Aragonese
word: Austro-Hungarian
word: Bavarian
word: Bohemian
word: Byzantine
word: Castilian
word: Catalan
word: Celt
word: Cornishman
word: Crimean
word: Czechoslovak
word: Czechoslovakian
word: Genoan
word: Goth
word: Hun
word: Norman
word: Prussian
word: Roman
word: Scot
word: Sicilian
word: Triestini
word: Ulsterman
word: Venetian
word: Viking
word: Yugoslav
word: Yugoslavian
Related terms: word: Euro-