Egyptian

[ih-jip-shuhn]

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.

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

/ 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

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

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Egyptian¹

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

Hamas’s military wing suggested to Egyptian mediators that they should be able to keep their personal firearms for self-defense.

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She added that her brother had his British passport as well as a recently renewed Egyptian passport.

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And just last week, five Indians working for an electricity company and an Egyptian were kidnapped in the same region.

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A thousand small cylindrical acrylic mirrors planted in the sand compose a Morse code poem imagining a dialogue between Tangun, the legendary founder of the first Korean kingdom, and an Egyptian pharaoh.

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The ancient Egyptians were really good at working with stone.

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