Egyptian

English

Alternative forms

• Ægyptian (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈdʒɪp.ʃən/

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Adjective

Egyptian (not comparable)

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

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to Egypt

• Afrikaans: Egipties
• Arabic: مِصْرِيّ‎ (miṣriyy)

  Egyptian Arabic: مَصْرِي‎ (maSrii)

• Armenian: եգիպտական (hy) (egiptakan), եգիպտոսյան (egiptosyan)
• Bulgarian: египетски (bg) (egipetski)
• Catalan: egipci
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埃及的 (zh) (Āijí de)

• Czech: egyptský (cs) m
• Danish: egyptisk
• Dutch: Egyptisch (nl)
• Esperanto: egipta
• Estonian: egiptuse
• Finnish: egyptiläinen (fi)
• French: égyptien (fr) m, égyptienne (fr) f
• Galician: exipcio m, exipcia
• Georgian: ეგვიპტური (egviṗṭuri)
• German: ägyptisch (de)
• Greek: αιγυπτιακός (el) (aigyptiakós)
• Hawaiian: ʻAikupika
• Hebrew: מצרי‎ (he) (mitsri)
• Hungarian: egyiptomi (hu)
• Icelandic: egypskur
• Italian: egiziano (it)
• Japanese: エジプトの (Ejiputo-no)

• Latvian: ēģiptiešu, ēģiptisks
• Lithuanian: egiptietiškas, egiptiečių
• Malay: Mesir
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: egyptisk

  Nynorsk: egyptisk (nn)

• Old Norse: egipzkr
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: Ejiiptyan
• Polish: egipski (pl) m
• Portuguese: egípcio (pt)
• Romanian: egiptean (ro) m
• Russian: еги́петский (ru) (jegípetskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ѐгипатскӣ

  Roman: ègipatskī (sh)

• Slovak: egyptský (sk)
• Slovene: egipčanski
• Spanish: egipcio (es)
• Swahili: Kimisri
• Swedish: egyptisk (sv)
• Tagalog: Ehipsiyo
• Tajik: мисрӣ (misrī)
• Turkish: Mısırlı (tr)
• Volapük: Lägüptänik (vo)

of, from, or pertaining to Egyptians

• Afrikaans: Egipties
• Armenian: եգիպտական (hy) (egiptakan)
• Catalan: egipci
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埃及的 (zh) (Āijí de)

• Czech: egyptský (cs)
• Dutch: Egyptisch (nl)
• Esperanto: egipta
• Finnish: egyptiläinen (fi)
• French: égyptien (fr) m, égyptienne (fr) f
• Georgian: ეგვიპტელი (egviṗṭeli)
• German: ägyptisch (de)
• Greek: αιγυπτιακός (el) (aigyptiakós)
• Hawaiian: ʻAikupika
• Hungarian: egyiptomi (hu)
• Icelandic: egypskur
• Malay: orang Mesir, Mesir
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: egyptisk

  Nynorsk: egyptisk (nn)

• Pitcairn-Norfolk: Ejiiptyan
• Polish: egipski (pl) m
• Portuguese: egípcio (pt)
• Romanian: egiptean (ro)
• Russian: еги́петский (ru) (jegípetskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: египћански

  Roman: egipćanski

• Slovak: egyptský (sk)
• Slovene: egipčanski
• Spanish: egipcio (es)
• Swedish: egyptisk (sv)
• Tagalog: Ehipsiyo
• Tajik: мисрӣ (misrī)
• Turkish: Mısırlı (tr)
• Volapük: (♂♀) Lägüptänanik, (♂) hi-Lägüptänanik, (♀) ji-Lägüptänanik

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} مِصْرِيّ‎ (miṣriyy)

  Egyptian Arabic: مصري‎ (maSrii)

• Galician: ^{(please verify)} exipcio

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Egyptian bean
• Egyptian cotton
• Egyptian cross

• Egyptian darkness
• Egyptianness
• Egyptian thorn

Noun

Egyptian (plural Egyptians)

1. A person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent.
2. (obsolete) 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.

Derived terms

• walk like an Egyptian

Translations

person from Egypt

• Afrikaans: Egiptenaar, Egiptenare pl
• Arabic: مِصْرِيّ‎ (miṣriyy), مَصْرِيّ‎ (maṣriyy), مِصْرِيَّة‎ f (miṣriyya), مَصْرِيَّة‎ f (maṣriyya)

  Egyptian Arabic: مصرى‎ (máSri)

• Armenian: եգիպտոսցի (egiptoscʿi)
• Belarusian: егіпця́нін m (jehipcjánin), егіпця́нка f (jehipcjánka)
• Bulgarian: египтянин (bg) m (egiptjanin)
• Catalan: egipci m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埃及人 (zh) (Āijírén)

• Czech: Egypťan (cs) m
• Dutch: Egyptenaar (nl) m
• Esperanto: egipto
• Estonian: egiptlane
• Finnish: egyptiläinen (fi)
• French: Égyptien (fr), Égyptienne (fr), Egyptien m, Egyptienne

  Middle French: Aegyptien m, Aegyptienne f

• Galician: exipcio m
• Georgian: ეგვიპტელი (egviṗṭeli)
• German: Ägypter (de) m, Ägypterin (de) f
• Greek: Αιγύπτιος (el) m (Aigýptios), Αιγύπτια (el) f (Aigýptia)
• Hawaiian: ʻAikupika
• Hebrew: מצרי‎ (he) (mitsri)
• Hungarian: egyiptomi (hu)

• Italian: egiziano (it) m, egiziaco m
• Japanese: エジプト人 (Ejiputo-jin)
• Korean: 이집트 사람 (ijipteu saram)
• Latvian: ēģiptietis m, ēģiptiete f
• Lithuanian: egiptietis (lt) m
• Malay: orang Mesir, Mesir
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: egypter (no) m

  Nynorsk: egyptar (nn) m

• Polish: Egipcjanin (pl) m, Egipcjanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: egípcio (pt)
• Romanian: egiptean (ro) m, egipteană (ro) f, egipteancă (ro) f
• Russian: египтя́нин (ru) m (jegiptjánin), египтя́нка (ru) f (jegiptjánka)
• Serbo-Croatian: Ѐгипћанин m, Египћанка f

  Roman: Ègipćanin (sh) m, Ègipćānka f

• Slovak: Egypťan m, Egypťanka f
• Spanish: egipcio (es) m, egipcia (es) f
• Swahili: Mmisri (sw)
• Swedish: egyptier (sv) m, egyptiska (sv) f
• Turkish: Mısırlı (tr)
• Vietnamese: người Ai Cập
• Volapük: (♂♀) Lägüptänan (vo), (♂) hi-Lägüptänan, (♀) ji-Lägüptänan

Proper noun

Egyptian

1. The Afro-Asiatic language spoken in ancient Egypt.

Translations

language

• Arabic: مِصْرِيَّة‎ f (miṣriyya), مَصْرِيَّة‎ f (maṣriyya)
• Bulgarian: египетски (bg) (egipetski)
• Catalan: egipci m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埃及語 (zh), 埃及语 (zh) (Āijíyǔ)

• Czech: egyptština (cs) f
• Dutch: Egyptisch (nl) n
• Egyptian: 𓂋𓏤𓈖𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖 (r n Km.t), 𓏟𓈖𓊹𓌃𓏪 (sẖȝ n mdw-nṯr)
• Finnish: egypti
• French: égyptien (fr) m
• Georgian: ეგვიპტური (egviṗṭuri)
• German: Ägyptisch (de) n
• Greek: αιγυπτιακά (el) n pl (aigyptiaká)
• Hebrew: מצרית‎ (mitsrit)
• Hungarian: egyiptomi (hu)
• Icelandic: egypska f
• Japanese: エジプト語 (Ejiputo-go)

• Malay: bahasa Mesir, Mesir
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: egyptisk m

  Nynorsk: egyptisk (nn) m

• Polish: egipski (pl)
• Portuguese: egípcio (pt) m
• Romanian: egipteană (ro) f
• Russian: еги́петский (ru) (jegípetskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: египатски језик m

  Roman: ègipatskī jèzik (sh) m

• Spanish: egipcio (es) m
• Swahili: Kimisri
• Swedish: egyptiska (sv) c, fornegyptiska c
• Vietnamese: tiếng Ai Cập
• Volapük: Lägüptänapük, (ancient) Vöna-Lägüptänapük

Related terms

• Egypt

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Egyptian, egy