Egyptian

English

Alternative forms

Ægyptian, Ægiptian, Aegiptian (archaic)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪˈd͡ʒɪp.ʃən/
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Adjective

Egyptian (not comparable)

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

Derived terms

Egyptian bean
Egyptian cotton
Egyptian cross
Egyptian darkness
Egyptianness
Egyptian thorn

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to Egypt

Afrikaans: Egipties
Albanian: egjiptian (sq)
Arabic: مِصْرِيّ‎ (ar) (miṣriyy)
Egyptian Arabic: مَصْرِي‎ (maṣri)
Moroccan Arabic: مصري‎ (miṣri)
Armenian: եգիպտական (hy) (egiptakan), եգիպտոսյան (egiptosyan)
Azerbaijani: misir
Belarusian: егі́пецкі (jehípjecki)
Bengali: মিশরী (miśôrī)
Bulgarian: египетски (bg) (egipetski)
Burmese: အီဂျစ် (igyac)
Catalan: egipcià
Chinese:
Mandarin: 埃及的 (zh) (Āijí de)
Czech: egyptský (cs) m
Danish: egyptisk
Dutch: Egyptisch (nl)
Esperanto: egipta
Estonian: egiptuse
Finnish: egyptiläinen (fi)
French: égyptien (fr) m, égyptienne (fr) f
Galician: exipcio m, exipcia
Georgian: ეგვიპტური (egviṗṭuri)
German: ägyptisch (de)
Greek: αιγυπτιακός (el) (aigyptiakós)
Ancient: Αἰγύπτιος (Aigúptios)
Hawaiian: ʻAikupika
Hebrew: מִצְרִי‎ (he) (mitsrí)
Hindi: मिसरी (hi) (misrī)
Hungarian: egyiptomi (hu)
Icelandic: egypskur
Irish: Éigipteach
Italian: egiziano (it)
Japanese: エジプトの (Ejiputo no)
Kazakh: мысыр (mysyr), мысырлық (mysyrlyq)
Khmer: អេហ្ស៊ីប (km) (ʼeeziip)
Korean: 이집트의 (ko) (ijipteuui)
Kyrgyz: египеттик (yegipettik), египет (yegipet)
Lao: ເອຢິບ (ʼē yip)
Latvian: ēģiptiešu, ēģiptisks
Lithuanian: egiptietiškas, egiptiečių
Macedonian: египетски (egipetski)
Malay: Mesir (ms)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: egyptisk
Nynorsk: egyptisk (nn)
Old English: Egyptisċ
Old Norse: egipzkr
Persian: مصری‎ (fa) (mesri)
Pitcairn-Norfolk: Ejiiptyan
Polish: egipski (pl) m
Portuguese: egípcio (pt), egipciano (pt)
Romanian: egiptean (ro) m
Russian: еги́петский (ru) (jegípetskij)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ѐгипатскӣ
Roman: ègipatskī (sh)
Slovak: egyptský (sk)
Slovene: egipčanski
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: egyptojski
Spanish: egipcio (es), egipciano
Swahili: Kimisri
Swedish: egyptisk (sv)
Tagalog: Ehipsiyo
Tajik: мисрӣ (misrī)
Tatar: мисыр (misır)
Thai: อียิปต์ (th) (ii-yìp)
Turkish: Mısırlı (tr), Mısır (tr)
Turkmen: müsür
Ukrainian: єги́петський (jehýpetsʹkyj)
Uzbek: misr (uz)
Vietnamese: Ai Cập (vi)
Volapük: Lägüptänik (vo)
Welsh: Eifftaidd
Yiddish: מיצריש‎ (mitsrish)

of, from, or pertaining to Egyptians

Afrikaans: Egipties
Arabic: مِصْرِيّ‎ (ar) m (miṣriyy)
Moroccan Arabic: مصري‎ (miṣri)
Armenian: եգիպտական (hy) (egiptakan)
Bengali: মিশরী (miśôrī)
Catalan: egipcià
Chinese:
Mandarin: 埃及的 (zh) (Āijí de)
Czech: egyptský (cs)
Dutch: Egyptisch (nl)
Esperanto: egipta
Finnish: egyptiläinen (fi)
French: égyptien (fr) m, égyptienne (fr) f
Galician: exipcio m
Georgian: ეგვიპტელი (egviṗṭeli)
German: ägyptisch (de)
Greek: αιγυπτιακός (el) (aigyptiakós)
Hawaiian: ʻAikupika
Hindi: मिसरी (hi) (misrī)
Hungarian: egyiptomi (hu)
Icelandic: egypskur
Irish: Éigipteach
Malay: orang Mesir, Mesir (ms)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: egyptisk
Nynorsk: egyptisk (nn)
Old English: Egyptisċ
Pitcairn-Norfolk: Ejiiptyan
Polish: egipski (pl) m
Portuguese: egípcio (pt), egipciano (pt)
Romanian: egiptean (ro)
Russian: еги́петский (ru) (jegípetskij)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: египћански
Roman: egipćanski
Slovak: egyptský (sk)
Slovene: egipčanski
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: egyptojski
Spanish: egipcio (es), egipciano
Swedish: egyptisk (sv)
Tagalog: Ehipsiyo
Tajik: мисрӣ (misrī)
Tatar: мисырлы (misırlı)
Turkish: Mısırlı (tr)
Ukrainian: єги́петський (jehýpetsʹkyj)
Volapük: (♂♀) Lägüptänanik, (♂) hi-Lägüptänanik, (♀) ji-Lägüptänanik
Welsh: Eifftaidd
Yiddish: מיצריש‎ (mitsrish)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Galician: ^{(please verify)} exipcio

Noun

Egyptian (plural Egyptians)

A person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent.
(dated) A gypsy.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 457:
  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.
- 1968, Little Brother Montgomery, Bruce Saunders, "Prescription for the Blues", Like to Get to Know You (Spanky & Our Gang):
  I went to see the Egyptian, and the Hoodoo doctors too. They shook their heads, and told me there was nothing they could do.

Derived terms

walk like an Egyptian

Translations

person from Egypt

Afrikaans: Egiptenaar, Egiptenare pl
Albanian: egjiptian (sq) m
Arabic: مِصْرِيّ‎ (ar) (miṣriyy), مِصْرِيَّة‎ f (miṣriyya)
Egyptian Arabic: مصرى‎ m (maṣri), مصرية‎ f (maṣriyya)
Moroccan Arabic: مصري‎ (miṣri)
Armenian: եգիպտոսցի (egiptoscʿi), եգիպտացի (egiptacʿi)
Azerbaijani: misirli
Belarusian: егіпця́нін m (jehipcjánin), егіпця́нка f (jehipcjánka)
Bengali: মিশরী (miśôrī)
Bulgarian: египтя́нин (bg) m (egiptjánin)
Catalan: egipcià m, egipciana f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 埃及人 (zh) (Āijírén)
Czech: Egypťan (cs) m
Danish: egypter (da) m
Dutch: Egyptenaar (nl) m
Egyptian:

(rmṯ n kmt m)
Esperanto: egipto (eo)
Estonian: egiptlane (et)
Finnish: egyptiläinen (fi)
French: Égyptien (fr), Égyptienne (fr), Egyptien (fr) m, Egyptienne
Middle French: Aegyptien m, Aegyptienne f
Galician: exipcio m, exipcia f
Georgian: ეგვიპტელი (egviṗṭeli)
German: Ägypter (de) m, Ägypterin (de) f
Greek: Αιγύπτιος (el) m (Aigýptios), Αιγύπτια (el) f (Aigýptia)
Ancient: Αἰγύπτιος m (Aigúptios), Αἰγύπτια f (Aigúptia)
Mycenaean: 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (ai-ku-pi-ti-jo)
Hawaiian: ʻAikupika
Hebrew: מִצְרִי‎ (he) m (mitsrí)
Hindi: मिसरी (hi) m (misrī)
Hungarian: egyiptomi (hu)
Icelandic: Egypti, Egyptar
Irish: Éigipteach m
Italian: egiziano (it) m, egiziaco m, egiziana (it) f, egiziani (it) m pl, egiziane (it) f pl
Japanese: エジプト人 (ejiputojin)
Korean: 이집트 사람 (ijipteu saram)
Latvian: ēģiptietis m, ēģiptiete f
Lithuanian: egiptietis (lt) m
Malay: orang Mesir, Mesir (ms)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: egypter (no) m
Nynorsk: egyptar (nn) m
Old English: Egyptisċ
Polish: Egipcjanin (pl) m, Egipcjanka (pl) f
Portuguese: egípcio (pt) m, egípcia (pt) f, egipciano (pt) m, egipciana f
Romanian: egiptean (ro) m, egipteană (ro) f, egipteancă (ro) f
Russian: египтя́нин (ru) m (jegiptjánin), египтя́нка (ru) f (jegiptjánka)
Serbo-Croatian: Ѐгипћанин m, Египћанка f
Roman: Ègipćanin m, Ègipćānka f
Slovak: Egypťan (sk) m, Egypťanka f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Egyptaŕ m, Egyptaŕka f
Spanish: egipcio (es) m, egipcia (es) f, egipciano m, egipciana f
Swahili: Mmisri (sw)
Swedish: egyptier (sv) m, egyptiska (sv) f
Turkish: Mısırlı (tr)
Uyghur: مىسىرلىق‎ (misirliq)
Uzbek: misrlik (uz)
Vietnamese: người Ai Cập
Volapük: (♂♀) Lägüptänan (vo), (♂) hi-Lägüptänan, (♀) ji-Lägüptänan
Welsh: Eifftiwr m, Eifftiad m, Eifftes f
Yiddish: מיצרי‎ m (mitsri), מיצרית‎ f (mitsris)