Egyptian
pronunciation
How to pronounce Egyptian in British English:
UK [iˈdʒɪpʃn]
How to pronounce Egyptian in American English:
US [iˈdʒɪpʃn]
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- Noun:
- a native or inhabitant of Egypt
- the ancient and now extinct language of Egypt under the Pharaohs; written records date back to 3000 BC
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or characteristic of Egypt or its people or their language
Word Origin
- Egyptian
- late 14c., Egypcyan, adjective and noun; see Egypt + -ian. Old English had Egiptisc. Meaning "the language of Egypt" is from 1550s.
Example
- 1. The egyptian revolution is at a difficult inflection point .
- 2. What has surprised you the most about ancient egyptian tattooing ?
- 3. The term gypsy is short for egyptian , although ethnically , gypsies actually originally came from india .
- 4. Egyptian bond yields climbed to an all-time high .
- 5. Yet egyptian attitudes to israel are rarely simple .