egyptian

/ɪˈd͡ʒɪp.ʃən/

noun 2adj 1name 1

Collocations

ADJ.

ancient, confused, famous, interested, loved, most, poor

My daughter is most interested in Egyptian hieroglyphics and wants to learn to read them.

VERB + EGYPTIAN

am, believe, excavating, learned, learning, looks, made, read

I am learning Egyptian hieroglyphics as part of my ancient history course this semester.

EGYPTIAN + NOUN

boy, culture, deities, embassy, goddess, hieroglyphs, history, hoodoo

The Egyptian hieroglyphs on the tomb wall were carefully decoded by the archaeologists.

PREP.

The ancient artifacts were carefully preserved in Egyptian museums for future generations.

ADV.

always

Egyptian cotton is always the best choice for soft and durable bedsheets.

Definitions

adj

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

noun

A person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent.

A gypsy.

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.

I went to see the Egyptian, and the Hoodoo doctors too. They shook their heads, and told me there was nothing they could do.

name

The Afroasiatic language spoken (and written) in ancient Egypt

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Example Bank

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.

Wiktionary

I went to see the Egyptian, and the Hoodoo doctors too. They shook their heads, and told me there was nothing they could do.

Wiktionary

Almost all the world condemns Hosni Mubarak because he made the Egyptian people poor.

Tatoeba · #743451

My cousin is from Egypt. He is Egyptian.

Tatoeba · #1110687

Egyptian began to be written using the Greek alphabet in the 1st century.

Tatoeba · #1499416

Where is the Egyptian embassy?

Tatoeba · #1759198

Usage Notes

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