european

«european» in Mova's school dictionary: From or to do with Europe, the continent that includes… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (European); noun (a European, Europeans)

meaning for a pupil

1) (adjective) From or to do with Europe, the continent that includes countries such as France, Germany, Spain, Ireland and the UK: European countries. tree →

2) (noun) A person from Europe. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography pupils learn European countries, capitals and rivers; in history Europeans sailed to other continents. Phrases: «European countries», «the European Union», «a European city».

examples

• France is a European country. tree →
• Many European cities have old castles. tree →
• The European Union is a group of countries that work together. tree →
• A European family moved in next door. tree →
• We learned about European explorers. tree →
• Europeans speak many different languages. tree →

note

Always written with a capital E: European. «A European» (not «an»), because it starts with a «you» sound. Europe is a continent, not a country.

In the corpora

• Not only European countries take part in Eurovision: Australia has competed since 2015, and Israel takes part too.
• Red-green colour blindness affects about 1 in 12 men of European descent.
• The diving bell spider of European ponds lives underwater in a silk tent filled with air from the surface.
• The European bison, zubr in Ukrainian, is the heaviest land animal in Europe; a big bull weighs about 900 kilograms.
• European bison are calmer than American bison but are still dangerous if people come too close.

Trees and pragmatics

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