Meaning

2 senses
  1. A person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent.

    Ägypter, Ägypterin

    египтя́нинjegiptjánin, египтя́нкаjegiptjánka

    a native or inhabitant of Egypt

  2. (dated)A gypsy.

Examples

199 sentences
  1. Tom is interested in ancient Egyptian history.

    Том цікавиться історією Стародавнього Риму. — deniko

    deTom interessiert sich für die Geschichte des Alten Ägypten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. It looks Egyptian.

    deEs sieht ägyptisch aus. — Felixjp

  3. Fadil fell for an Egyptian woman.

    Фадль запав на єгиптянку. — deniko

  4. Egyptian schools don't teach critical thinking.

  5. It's an Egyptian name.

    Це єгипетське ім'я. — deniko

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
person from Egypt:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person from Egypt:

Origin

From Middle English Egipcien, egyptiane. Displaced Old English Egyptisċ. By surface analys

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

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Forms

plural: Egyptians
SingularEgyptian
PluralEgyptians

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the ancient and now extinct language of Egypt under the Pharaohs; written records date back to 3000 BC:Egyptian language

See also

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