egyptian

CEFRB1

/ɪˈd͡ʒɪpʃn̩/

adjective · noun · noun/adj

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Relating to Egypt, its people, or its culture.

  2. 02

    noun

    A person from Egypt.

Examples

  • Almost all the world condemns Hosni Mubarak because he made the Egyptian people poor.

  • Egyptian was both a language and a branch of Afroasiatic.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
3
Citations
1

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. A gypsy.

noun/adj

Extra meaning

  1. A person from Egypt; relating to Egypt, its people, or its culture.

More examples

In context

  • My cousin is from Egypt. He is Egyptian.

  • I went to see the Egyptian, and the Hoodoo doctors too. They shook their heads, and told me there was nothing they could do.

  • The people then assembled in this barn were no other than a company of Egyptians, or, as they are vulgarly called, gypsies, and they were now celebrating the wedding of one of their society.

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English Egipcien, egyptiane. Displaced Old English Egyptisċ. By surface analysis, Egypt + -ian.