euro

«euro» in Mova's school dictionary: the money used in many countries of the European Union… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a euro, euros)

meaning for a pupil

1) The euro is the money used in many countries of the European Union, such as Ireland, France, Germany, Spain and Italy. Its sign is €. tree →

2) A euro is one unit of this money; one euro is 100 cents. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths money problems pupils add and subtract euros and cents; in everyday life in Ireland prices are in euros. Phrases: «a euro coin», «euros and cents», «five euros», «€2».

examples

• The ice cream costs two euros. tree →
• In Ireland we pay in euros. tree →
• One euro is worth a hundred cents. tree →
• I saved twenty euros for the school trip. tree →
• The euro sign looks like a «C» with two lines. tree →
• Eight euros minus three euros fifty is four euros fifty. tree →
• When we went to France, Dad changed pounds into euros. tree →

note

Starts with a «you» sound, so «a euro», not «an euro». Plural «euros». Write the sign before the number: €5. The UK uses pounds, not euros. In maths, 100 cents = 1 euro, so €1.25 means one euro and twenty-five cents.

In the corpora

• cent ("sahn") means a hundred; a euro cent is called un centime ("sahn-TEEM").
• Ireland and many other European countries use the euro (€); 100 cents make one euro.
• About twenty European countries, including Ireland, France and Spain, share one currency, the euro.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «euro» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.