Egyptian

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Ægyptian, Ægiptian, Aegiptian (archaic)

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ɪˈdʒɪp.ʃən/
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Adjective[edit]

Egyptian (not comparable)

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

Derived terms[edit]

Derived terms

Translations[edit]

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)

Korean: 이집트의 (ko) (ijipteuui)
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
Arabic: مِصْرِيّ‎ m (miṣriyy), مِصِرِيَّة‎ f (miṣiriyya)
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
Galician: exipcio m
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

Noun[edit]

Egyptian (plural Egyptians)

A person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent.
(dated) 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.
- 1968, Little Brother Montgomery, Bruce Saunders, "Prescription for the Blues", Like to Get to Know You (Spanky & Our Gang):
  I went to see the Egyptian, and the Hoodoo doctors too. They shook their heads, and told me there was nothing they could do.