Egyptian

American  

[ih-jip-shuhn] / ɪˈdʒɪp ʃən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Egypt or its people.

   Egyptian architecture.

2. Obsolete. of or relating to the Roma, a traditionally nomadic ethnic group.

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Egypt.

2. the extinct Afroasiatic language of the ancient Egyptians. Egypt.

3. a printing type having square serifs.

Egyptian British  

/ ɪˈdʒɪpʃən /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Egypt, its inhabitants, or their dialect of Arabic

2. of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient Egyptians, their language, or culture

3. (of type) having square slab serifs

4. archaic of or relating to the Gypsies

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Egypt

2. a member of an indigenous non-Semitic people who established an advanced civilization in Egypt that flourished from the late fourth millennium _bc

3. the extinct language of the ancient Egyptians, belonging to the Afro-Asiatic family of languages. It is recorded in hieroglyphic inscriptions, the earliest of which date from before 3000 _bc. It was extinct by the fourth century _ad See also Coptic

4. a large size of drawing paper

5. an archaic name for a Gypsy

Other Word Forms

• Egyptianism noun
• Egypticity noun
• anti-Egyptian adjective
• non-Egyptian adjective
• pro-Egyptian adjective
• pseudo-Egyptian adjective
• trans-Egyptian adjective

Etymology

Origin of Egyptian

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English Egipcien, Egipcian, Gypcian, from Old French egyptien, egipcien; replacing Middle English Egiptish, Old English Egiptisc, Egyptisc, Ægiptisc

Example Sentences

Australian police have recovered a trove of stolen Egyptian artefacts and charged a 52-year-old man with a nighttime smash-and-grab at a museum.

From Barron's

In December, 300-400 pieces, mostly books, were damaged by a leak in the Louvre's Egyptian department.

From BBC

Prior to that, she led writing groups in juvenile halls across the Bay Area and freelanced in Cairo during the Egyptian revolution and Arab Spring.

From The Wall Street Journal

I didn’t see a thing that would impress an Egyptian.

From Literature

"He gives us a special quality," Guardiola said of the Egyptian.

From Barron's