Euro-

Old World prefix

Euro- is a prefix meaning European or relating to Europe, often specifically the European Union: Euro-Atlantic alliance, Eurocentric, Eurozone.

It appears in terms for cultural attitudes (Europhile, Euroskeptic) and economic concepts (Eurobond, Eurocurrency).

The prefix sometimes implies continental European as distinct from British: Euro-style regulations.

cultural

Europop

Catchy continental dance music

Eurodance · Eurobeat · art house · cinema · cafe culture · fashion · sophistication · worldly

prefix

Eurotunnel

Channel crossing rail operator

currency

cent

Hundredth of a dollar

monetary · franc · mark · lira · peseta · guilder · drachma · schilling · Maastricht · single currency

geographic

continental

Of a continent

Nordic · Mediterranean · Baltic · cross-border · regional · continental shelf · mainland

political

EU

European political-economic bloc

integration · federalism · bureaucracy · treaty · referendum · sovereignty · supranational · membership · enlargement · Brexit

Opposites
geographic/continental origin

Euro-Sino-

Chinese, in combinations

non-Western · Afro- · Indo- · Pan-Asian · Pan-African

Phrases
Family

Europe, European, Europeans, Eurozone, Eurocentric, Eurocentrism, Europeanization, Eurovision

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G