Egyptian

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪˈdʒɪp.ʃən/

Adjective

Egyptian (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.

Translations

• French: égyptien, égyptienne
• German: ägyptisch
• Italian: egiziano
• Portuguese: egípcio
• Russian: еги́петский
• Spanish: egipcio

Translations

• French: égyptien, égyptienne
• German: ägyptisch
• Portuguese: egípcio
• Russian: еги́петский
• Spanish: egipcio

Noun

Egyptian (plural Egyptians)

1. A person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent.
2. (dated) A gypsy.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 457:

     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.

   • 1968, Little Brother Montgomery, Bruce Saunders, "Prescription for the Blues", Like to Get to Know You (Spanky & Our Gang):

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

Translations

• French: Égyptien, Égyptienne, Egyptien, Egyptienne
• German: Ägypter, Ägypterin
• Italian: egiziano, egiziaco, egiziana, egiziani, egiziane
• Portuguese: egípcio
• Russian: египтя́нин
• Spanish: egipcio, egipcia

Proper noun

1. The Afroasiatic language spoken (and written) in ancient Egypt

Related terms

• Egypt
• Late Egyptian, Middle Egyptian, Old Egyptian

Translations

• French: égyptien
• German: Ägyptisch
• Italian: egizio, lingua egizia
• Portuguese: egípcio
• Russian: еги́петский
• Spanish: egipcio

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