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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈjʊərəʊ/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(Currency yŏŏr′ō, yô′-; Zool. yŏŏr′ō, yûr′-)


Inflections of 'euro' (n):
euro
npl (For the currency in Ireland)
euros
npl (All other usages)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
Euro-, prefix. 
  1. Euro- is used with roots and means "Europe,'' "Western Europe,'' or "the European Community'': Euro- + -centric → Eurocentric (= centered on Europe);
    Euro- + -crat → Eurocrat (= bureaucrat in the European Community).
Also, esp. before a vowel, Eur-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
eu•ro1  (yŏŏr′ō, yûr′-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ros, (esp. collectively) -ro. 
  1. Zoologywallaroo.
  • Ngajuri (Australian Aboriginal language spoken around Jamestown and Peterborough, South Australia) yuru

eu•ro2  (yŏŏr′ō, yô′-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ros. 
  1. Currencya proposed single monetary unit for all European contries.
  • by shortening and alteration of Eurocurrency 1970–75

Eu•ro  (yŏŏr′ō, yûr′ō),USA pronunciation adj. [Informal.]
  1. Informal TermsEuropean:a Euro expert.
  • independent use of Euro-

Euro-, 
  1. a shortening of European used as a combining form, esp. with the meaning "western European,'' particularly in reference to the European financial market or the European Economic Community:Eurodollar; Eurofarmers.
Also,[esp. before a vowel,] Eur-. 
eu•ro22  (yŏŏr′ō, yûr′-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ros. 
  1. Currencythe official common currency of participating European Union countries, effective from January 1, 1999.
  • shortening of Eurocurrency 1970–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
euro /ˈjʊərəʊ/ n ( pl -os)
  1. the official currency unit, divided into 100 cents, of the member countries of the European Union who have adopted European Monetary Union; these are Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portgual, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain; also used by Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Kosovo, Martinique, Mayotte, Monaco, Montenegro, Réunion, San Marino, and the Vatican City
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
euro- /ˈjʊərəʊ-/, (before a vowel) eur- combining form (sometimes capital)
  1. Europe or European: eurodollar
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