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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: eur- combining form - a variant of euro-
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Eur-, - var. of Euro- before a vowel.
-eur - a suffix occurring in loanwords from French, usually agent nouns formed from verbs (entrepreneur;
voyeur), less commonly adjectives (agent provocateur).
- Latin -ātōr- -ator; see -tor
- Latin -ōr- -or2 and -eo(u)r
- French; Old French -o(u)r
Eur., - Europe.
- European.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024eu•ro1 (yŏŏr′ō, yûr′-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ros, (esp. collectively) -ro. - Zoologywallaroo.
- Ngajuri (Australian Aboriginal language spoken around Jamestown and Peterborough, South Australia) yuru
eu•ro2 (yŏŏr′ō, yô′-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ros. - Currencya proposed single monetary unit for all European contries.
- by shortening and alteration of Eurocurrency 1970–75
Eu•ro (yŏŏr′ō, yûr′ō),USA pronunciation adj. [Informal.]- Informal TermsEuropean:a Euro expert.
Euro-, - a shortening of European used as a combining form, esp. with the meaning "western European,'' particularly in reference to the European financial market or the European Economic Community:Eurodollar; Eurofarmers.
Also,[esp. before a vowel,] Eur-. eu•ro22 (yŏŏr′ō, yûr′-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ros. - Currencythe official common currency of participating European Union countries, effective from January 1, 1999.
- shortening of Eurocurrency 1970–75
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