Eugene
noun
a city in W Oregon.
Eugene
1 American
[yoo-jeen, yoo-jeen]
/ juˈdʒin, ˈju dʒin /
noun
-
a city in W Oregon.
-
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “wellborn.”
Eugène
2
American
[œ -zhen]
/ œˈʒɛn /
noun
Eugène
British
/ øʒɛn /
noun
Compare meaning
How does eugene compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
“It’s a real challenge to try and tease out one thing out of the array of factors that undermine women’s health in these states,” said Eugene Declercq, a public health researcher at Boston University.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
"Now we give away 3.4 million books a month to kids" up to age five, Dollywood Foundation's treasurer Eugene Naughton told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
No. 2 Oregon received a boost when quarterback Dante Moore turned his back on the draft to come back for one last year in Eugene.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
But once the four-star Gardena Serra product made it to Oregon for his first year of college football, he struggled to adapt and get situated in Eugene, Ore., — he needed another older brother.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
The lifeguard immediately launched a boat to search for Eugene.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
Eugène Ionesco’s “Exit the King,” now in revival at A Noise Within under the direction of Michael Michetti, revolves around a centuries-old king whose health is in as dire a state as his kingdom.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
It will lose even more of it when six of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc’s stained-glass windows are replaced.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
According to the gallery, Riley's inspiration for the exhibition title came from a letter from Claude Monet to fellow French painter Eugène Boudin.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025
The rooster’s installation, crowning a spire reconstructed from Eugène Viollet-le-Duc’s 19th-century design, is a poignant reminder of its medieval origins as a symbol of hope and faith.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 16, 2023
Further, she has interpreted in masterly fashion, Eugène Delacroix, Jules Dupré, Gustave Courbet and other great masters of the French School.
From Women Painters of the World From the Time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the Present Day by Walter Shaw Sparrow
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
