euroとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

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.

別の表記

• Euro (proscribed)

名詞

euro (plural euros or euro)

1. (numismatics) The currency unit of the European Monetary Union. Symbol: €

   Synonym: EUR

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

   euro size

   euro style pad

使用する際の注意点

• The plural form euro was previously recommended for use in official European documents written in English, but this recommendation has been amended to euros. However, in Irish English the plural euro is now well-established. For further information, see Language and the euro on Wikipedia.

派生語

語源 2

From Adnyamathanha yuru, thuru.

名詞

euro (plural euros)

1. Macropus robustus, a wallaroo (macropod species).

派生語

• Euro

参考

Further reading

• euro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “euro” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC.

アナグラム

• ouer, roué, ureo-

名詞

eurō

1. dative/ablative singular of eurus
2. Euro (monetary unit)

Third-declension noun.

語源

Shortened unetymologically from Europe or Europo- in compounds. 20th-century formation, perhaps echoing terms like Afro-, Indo-, Sino- etc. An early attestation is the 1911 title The "Euro-Asian" or "Anglo-Indian", but the word Eurasian is attested in English from 1844. In finance, the term is a generalisation of Eurobond, which originally referred to bonds denominated in dollars but issued in Europe.

接頭辞

Euro-

1. Pertaining to Europe, especially as a political entity.
2. Pertaining to the European Union.
3. (finance, of a financial instrument) Denominated in a currency other than that of the country in which it is issued.

   ‎Euro- + ‎Sterling → ‎Eurosterling

   • 2012, Kirt C. Butler, Multinational Finance: Evaluating Opportunities, Costs, and Risks of Operations, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:

     Eurocurrency markets are active in other major currencies as well, including Eurosterling, Euroyen, and euro-denominated Eurocurrencies (sometimes called “Euroeuros”).

等位語

• Appendix:English nationality prefixes

派生語

参考

• Eur-
• euro

参照

アナグラム

• ouer, roué, ureo-