egyptian
part of speech
adjective (Egyptian); noun (an Egyptian, Egyptians)
meaning for a pupil
1) Coming from or to do with Egypt, a country in north-east Africa. tree →
2) A person from Egypt. tree →
3) To do with ancient Egypt: pharaohs, pyramids, mummies and hieroglyphs. tree →
4) (Bible) In the Bible, the Egyptians were the people who kept the Israelites as slaves until Moses led them out. tree →
sense in the lessons
In history lessons children study the ancient Egyptians, the Nile, the pyramids and mummies. In maths, Egyptian fractions and the ancient Egyptian way of multiplying appear in puzzles. In religion lessons the Exodus story features Pharaoh and the Egyptians. Phrases: «ancient Egyptians», «Egyptian pyramids», «Egyptian hieroglyphs», «the Egyptian army».
examples
- The ancient Egyptians built huge pyramids. tree →
- We made Egyptian masks in art class. tree →
- My friend's mum is Egyptian. tree →
- Egyptian writing used pictures called hieroglyphs. tree →
- The Egyptian army chased the Israelites to the Red Sea. tree →
- Egyptian fractions are written as sums of fractions with 1 on top. tree →
- You already look like an Egyptian doctor, at least in my eyes." tree →
note
Always capital E. «An Egyptian» (vowel sound). Pronunciation: ih-JIP-shun. Myth: the pyramids were not built by slaves as old films show; most workers were paid labourers.
In the corpora
- An Egyptian Queen thinks Suleiman must be dead.
- Drying removes the water germs need, so dried fruit keeps for months; ancient Egyptians dried food in the sun to store it.
- Imagine a long green ribbon of fields on a huge sandy map: that ribbon is where nearly all Egyptians lived.
- Egyptians had three seasons: the flood, the growing time and the harvest.
- The pharaoh was the king of Egypt, and Egyptians believed he was partly a god who kept order in the world.
Trees and pragmatics
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