DictionaryeuroShared currency
noun

euro

YOOR-oh/ˈjʊrəʊ/

The official currency shared by many European Union countries.

The euro is the official currency of France and Germany.

A small, clear still life of euro currency: one €10 banknote behind a two-euro coin and a one-euro coin, emphasizing the recognizable shared currency without adding people or unrelated objects.
Etymology

Euro is documented as the name of a pan-European monetary unit. The supplied evidence does not establish its historical components.

In context

Econoclasts6:28
fixed exchange rates within Europe which of course would be in the end the beginnings of the euro the common currency
Europe is eating its own economy

More examples

  • This sandwich costs five euros.
  • We exchange our dollars for euros before the trip.
  • The euro rises against the dollar today.

Forms

euro · euros