European in Different Languages
Discover 'European' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
European
Afrikaans europese | ||
Albanian evropiane | ||
Amharic አውሮፓዊ | ||
Arabic الأوروبي | ||
Armenian եվրոպական | ||
Assamese ইউৰোপীয় | ||
Aymara europa markankir jaqinaka | ||
Azerbaijani avropa | ||
Bambara erɔpu jamanaw | ||
Basque europarra | ||
Belarusian еўрапейскі | ||
Bengali ইউরোপীয় | ||
Bhojpuri यूरोपीय के बा | ||
Bosnian evropski | ||
Bulgarian европейски | ||
Catalan europeu | ||
Cebuano european | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 欧洲人 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 歐洲人 | ||
Corsican auropeu | ||
Croatian europskim | ||
Czech evropský | ||
Danish europæisk | ||
Dhivehi ޔޫރަޕްގެ... | ||
Dogri यूरोपीय | ||
Dutch europese | ||
English european | ||
Esperanto eŭropano | ||
Estonian euroopalik | ||
Ewe europatɔwo ƒe | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) taga-europa | ||
Finnish eurooppalainen | ||
French européen | ||
Frisian europeesk | ||
Galician europeo | ||
Georgian ევროპული | ||
German europäisch | ||
Greek ευρωπαϊκός | ||
Guarani europeo-pegua | ||
Gujarati યુરોપિયન | ||
Haitian Creole ewopeyen an | ||
Hausa bature | ||
Hawaiian ʻeulopa | ||
Hebrew אֵירוֹפִּי | ||
Hindi यूरोपीय | ||
Hmong european | ||
Hungarian európai | ||
Icelandic evrópskt | ||
Igbo onye europe | ||
Ilocano europeano | ||
Indonesian orang eropa | ||
Irish eorpach | ||
Italian europeo | ||
Japanese ヨーロッパ人 | ||
Javanese wong eropa | ||
Kannada ಯುರೋಪಿಯನ್ | ||
Kazakh еуропалық | ||
Khmer អឺរ៉ុប | ||
Kinyarwanda abanyaburayi | ||
Konkani युरोपीय | ||
Korean 유럽 사람 | ||
Krio yuropian | ||
Kurdish ewropî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ئەوروپی | ||
Kyrgyz европа | ||
Lao ເອີຣົບ | ||
Latin europae | ||
Latvian eiropas | ||
Lingala bato ya mpoto | ||
Lithuanian europietiškas | ||
Luganda omuzungu | ||
Luxembourgish europäesch | ||
Macedonian европски | ||
Maithili यूरोपीय | ||
Malagasy eoropa | ||
Malay orang eropah | ||
Malayalam യൂറോപ്യൻ | ||
Maltese ewropew | ||
Maori pakeha | ||
Marathi युरोपियन | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯌꯨꯔꯣꯄꯤꯌꯟ ꯑꯦꯝ | ||
Mizo european atanga lo chhuak a ni | ||
Mongolian европын | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဥရောပ | ||
Nepali यूरोपियन | ||
Norwegian europeisk | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mzungu | ||
Odia (Oriya) ୟୁରୋପୀୟ | | ||
Oromo awurooppaa | ||
Pashto اروپایی | ||
Persian اروپایی | ||
Polish europejski | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) europeu | ||
Punjabi ਯੂਰਪੀਅਨ | ||
Quechua europamanta | ||
Romanian european | ||
Russian европейский | ||
Samoan europa | ||
Sanskrit यूरोपीय | ||
Scots Gaelic eòrpach | ||
Sepedi yuropa | ||
Serbian европски | ||
Sesotho european | ||
Shona european | ||
Sindhi يورپي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) යුරෝපා | ||
Slovak európsky | ||
Slovenian evropski | ||
Somali reer yurub | ||
Spanish europeo | ||
Sundanese éropa | ||
Swahili mzungu | ||
Swedish europeiska | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) taga-europa | ||
Tajik аврупоӣ | ||
Tamil ஐரோப்பிய | ||
Tatar европа | ||
Telugu యూరోపియన్ | ||
Thai ยุโรป | ||
Tigrinya ኤውሮጳዊ | ||
Tsonga va le yuropa | ||
Turkish avrupalı | ||
Turkmen europeanewropaly | ||
Twi (Akan) europafo | ||
Ukrainian європейський | ||
Urdu یورپی | ||
Uyghur european | ||
Uzbek evropa | ||
Vietnamese châu âu | ||
Welsh ewropeaidd | ||
Xhosa eyurophu | ||
Yiddish אייראפעישער | ||
Yoruba oyinbo | ||
Zulu eyurophu |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The term "Europese" also refers to the Dutch and Belgian language-based Creole spoken in South Africa. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word 'Evropiane' (European) is also used colloquially to refer to someone who behaves in a sophisticated manner. |
| Amharic | The word "አውሮፓዊ" has its roots in ancient Greek, where "Europa" referred to a Phoenician princess abducted by Zeus. Today it is often used to refer to members of the European Union. |
| Arabic | الأوروبي (European) قد تأتي بمعنى الغربي أيضًا. |
| Armenian | "Եվրոպական" (European) in Armenian is derived from the Greek word "Ευρώπη" (Europe), which itself is thought to derive from a Semitic word meaning "west" or "sunset". |
| Azerbaijani | "Avropa" (European) in Azerbaijani also means "light-skinned" or "white-skinned". |
| Basque | Europarra is also used in place names in the Basque Country such as Europara mountain, Europarra meadow or Europarka river. |
| Belarusian | Еўрапейскі may refer to anything associated with Europe, the European Union or the continent of Europe, as well as a specific style of chess opening. |
| Bengali | ইউরোপীয় শব্দটি গ্রীক পুরাণের ইউরোপ নামক এক নারীর নামের অনুরূপ। |
| Bosnian | The word 'evropski' is derived from the name of 'Evropa', the Greek goddess of Europe. |
| Bulgarian | The word "Европейски" derives from the Greek "Ευρώπη" (Europe), which may originate from the Phoenician "ereb" (darkness) or the Akkadian "erebu" (to set) |
| Cebuano | The term "European" can also refer to people or things originating from Europe. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | “欧洲人”在中文里的另一种含义是“野蛮人”。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 「歐洲人」（歐羅巴人）一詞，除了表示歐洲人外，還可指「高鼻樑、大眼睛」的外國人，或比喻「見多識廣、有見識的人」。 |
| Corsican | Corsican word "Auropeu" also means an inhabitant of the mainland, especially an Italian. |
| Croatian | The word 'Europskim' (European) in Croatian comes from the Ancient Greek word 'Europa', meaning 'wide-faced' or 'broad-foreheaded'. |
| Czech | Czech "evropský" derives from Latin "Europa" (Europe), also used with the alternate meaning of "the continent" or "the mainland". |
| Danish | Europæisk, which is derived from the Greek word “Europa”, refers to the mythical Phoenician princess who was abducted by Zeus and taken to Crete. |
| Dutch | The word "Europese" can also refer to the European Union or the euro currency. |
| Esperanto | The root of the word "Eŭropano" is the Greek "Εὐρώπη", which originally referred to a Phoenician princess who was abducted by Zeus and taken to Crete. |
| Estonian | The word "Euroopalik" is derived from the Greek word "Europa", which refers to the Phoenician princess Europa who was abducted by Zeus and taken to the island of Crete. |
| Finnish | "Eurooppalainen" (European) originates from the Greek root "Ευρώπη" (Europe), and its related words in other languages include "Europa" (in Latin, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, German, and Dutch) and "Europe" (in English). |
| French | The word "européen" in French can also refer to a type of fabric, a type of horse-drawn carriage, or the person in charge of a European colony. |
| Frisian | The toponym "Europa" may derive from the Phoenician "ereb" or "irab", meaning "West" or "setting sun" and was adopted by the Greeks to describe the land mass west of their own. |
| Galician | O termo «Europeo» deriva do grego antigo «Εὐρώπη» (Eurṓpē), que significa «terra larga» ou «vasto continente». |
| Georgian | The term ევროპული can also refer to countries of the post-Soviet space and Western countries. |
| German | The word "europäisch" ("European") in German is derived from the Ancient Greek word "Εὐρώπη" (Europe), which literally means "broad face" or "wide-faced." |
| Greek | The word 'ευρωπαϊκός' is derived from the Ancient Greek word 'Εὐρώπη', which means 'wide-faced' and was the name of a Phoenician princess who was abducted by Zeus and taken to Crete. |
| Haitian Creole | The spelling and pronunciation of "Ewopeyen an" is inspired by French "européenne," which is used in the same sense. |
| Hausa | The word "Bature" is derived from the Arabic word "batar" (بطار) meaning "tyrant" or "oppressor", likely reflecting the historical interactions between Hausa people and European colonizers. |
| Hawaiian | ʻEulopa (European) is derived from the Proto-Polynesian word *eulope, meaning “west, sunset”. |
| Hebrew | The word "אֵירוֹפִּי" (European) can also refer to people or things from the continent of Asia, or even from the West in general. |
| Hindi | "यूरोपीय" (European) शब्द की व्युत्पत्ति "यूरोप" शब्द से हुई है, जो ग्रीक पौराणिक कथाओं में ज़ीउस की प्रेमिका का नाम है। |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "European" (ลาว) can also refer to someone from Laos. |
| Hungarian | The word "európai" can also mean "westerner" or "civilized person" in a non-geographical sense. |
| Icelandic | The word "Evrópskt" also means "Western" in Icelandic, and is closely related to the word "Evrópa" (Europe). |
| Igbo | The Igbo word 'Onye Europe' literally translates as 'person of the rising sun', referring to the East from where the Europeans arrived in Nigeria. |
| Indonesian | The term "Orang eropa" can also refer to people from America or Australia. |
| Irish | Eorpach, which means 'of Europe', derives from Eorp, an Irish word for horse, but the reasons for the link are now unknown. |
| Italian | The word "europeo" can also mean "western" or "civilized" in Italian. |
| Japanese | The term ヨーロッパ人 (yōroppajin) is derived from Latin Europa and Greek Europe.} |
| Javanese | The word 'Wong Eropa' (European) in Javanese also means 'the people who come from the West'. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word “Еуропалық” is derived from the Russian word “Европейский”, which itself came from the Greek word “Ευρώπη” meaning Europa, a mythical Phoenician princess. |
| Khmer | The word "អឺរ៉ុប" (European) is derived from the Sanskrit word "urupa", meaning "west". |
| Korean | In Korean, 유럽 사람 ("European") can also mean "foreigner" or "Westerner". |
| Kurdish | The word "ewropî" can also mean "Caucasian" in Kurdish, denoting someone from the Caucasus region. |
| Kyrgyz | According to some etymologists, the word "Европа" could come from the ancient Greek word "εὐρύς" ("eurys") meaning "wide". Others believe it may come from the Phoenician word "ereb" meaning "west". |
| Latin | Europae may come from the name of a purported daughter of Agenor, or perhaps from Phoenician "ereb" (sunset), thus "west". |
| Latvian | The word "Eiropas" in Latvian derives from the Ancient Greek word "Eúrópē", meaning "broad-faced" or "wide-gazing". |
| Lithuanian | The suffix -iškas in Europietiškas means "characteristic of" and is commonly used to denote nationalities in Lithuanian. |
| Luxembourgish | Luxemburgish 'Europäesch', German 'Europäisch', Latin 'Europaeus', originate from Greek 'εὐρώπῃος (eurṓpēios)' which means 'of Europa'. The latter derives from Greek mythology and refers to the Phoenician princess Europa who was abducted and taken to Crete. |
| Macedonian | The word Европски (ie. European) comes from the Greek word Europe, which is a feminine version of the name Europa. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "Eoropa" is also used to refer to the color white. |
| Malay | The word "Orang Eropah" also means "Westerner" in Malay. |
| Malayalam | The word "യൂറോപ്യൻ" can also refer to residents of Kerala who are of European descent, particularly those of Portuguese ancestry. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word for 'European', 'Ewropew', is derived from the Arabic word for 'European', 'Ūrubbī', which is likely related to the ancient Greek word for 'west', 'Erēbos'. |
| Maori | The word "Pakeha" can also mean "stranger" or "guest" in Maori. |
| Mongolian | Европын is a Russian loanword, derived from Европейский which means 'European.' |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "ဥရောပ" (European) in Myanmar (Burmese) is derived from the Pali word "urawappa", which means "West", and the Sanskrit word "rupa", which means "form" or "shape" |
| Nepali | The word "यूरोपियन" (European) is derived from the Greek word "Ευρώπη" (Europe), which means "broad face" or "wide view". |
| Norwegian | The word 'europeisk' also refers to "western" culture and values. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, "Mzungu" can also mean "a person of any race who is not of Malawi origin." |
| Polish | Europejski can mean either 'European' or 'of the European Union'. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Europeu" comes from the Greek word "Europe", the name of a legendary princess, and is related to the Semitic word "ereb", meaning "darkness" or "sunset". |
| Romanian | The word "European" in Romanian also refers to a type of car, a sedan produced by Dacia. |
| Russian | The word "Европейский" can also refer to the style of furniture or interior design that originated in Europe. |
| Samoan | The word "Europa" is also used in Samoan to refer to the continent Europe, or to people of European descent. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "Eòrpach" in Scots Gaelic can also refer to North Africa. |
| Serbian | The term 'European' can also refer to someone from the European Union. |
| Sesotho | The word "European" in Sesotho can also mean "white person" or "person of European descent" |
| Sindhi | The word "يورپي" can also mean "Westerner" or "White person" in Sindhi. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "යුරෝපා" in Sinhala is derived from the Greek word "Ευρώπη" (Europe) and also refers to the continent of Europe. |
| Slovak | The word "Európsky" also appears in some historical place names in Slovakia, such as "Európska štvrť" (European Quarter) in Bratislava. |
| Slovenian | The word 'Evropski' is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ewr-, meaning 'west'. This is also reflected in the names for Europe in many other languages, such as 'Europa' in Greek and 'Europa' in Latin. |
| Somali | The term "Reer Yurub" is also used to refer to people of Caucasian descent, regardless of their actual origin. |
| Spanish | The word "europeo" can also mean "noble" or "of good quality" in Spanish, deriving from the Greek word "europios", meaning "of broad face". |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "Éropa" is derived from two Sanskrit words, "Apara" (Western) and "Disa" (Region). |
| Swahili | In Swahili, the term "mzungu” can refer to any foreigner or outsider, not just Europeans. |
| Swedish | In 1996 'Europeiska' was coined as the name of a Swedish financial services company. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "taga-Europa" can also refer to a person of European descent, regardless of their actual geographical origin. |
| Tajik | The word "Аврупоӣ" in Tajik also refers to someone who is well-educated, cultured, and refined. |
| Tamil | ஐரோப்பிய is a Dravidian cognate to the word 'Europa' (continent Europe) in Greek and 'Erb' in Germanic, likely denoting West. |
| Thai | คำว่า “ยุโรป” ในภาษาไทย มีรากศัพท์มาจากภาษากรีกโบราณ หมายถึง “ตะวันตก” |
| Turkish | In Turkish, the word "Avrupalı" literally translates to "of the sunset", as "Avrupa" (Europe) is derived from the Greek words "helios" (sun) and "erupas" (wide). |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word “Європейський” can also refer to the European Union. |
| Urdu | The word "یورپی" (European) is derived from the Persian word "اوروپا" (Avrupa), which in turn is derived from the Greek word "Ευρώπη" (Europe). |
| Vietnamese | Châu Âu là một từ Hán Việt có nghĩa gốc là châu lục cũ, nay chỉ còn dùng để chỉ lục địa Âu, thường được dùng để chỉ các nước ở Tây Âu và Trung Âu. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "Ewropeaidd" also means "cultured" or "civilized", reflecting historical Welsh perceptions of Europe. |
| Xhosa | In Xhosa, 'EYurophu' can also refer to the continent of Europe, the European Union, or a person of European descent. |
| Yiddish | אייראפעישער can also mean a Jew from Europe. |
| Yoruba | It can also mean "one who is fair" or "a person of good character". |
| Zulu | In Nguni languages "i-Eu" or "eyUrophu" is used metaphorically when one does something to a very particular, very fine point. |
| English | The word "European" can also refer to a person or thing that is native to Europe or of European descent. |