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# euro

noun (a euro, euros)

«euro» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The euro is the money used in many countries of the European Union, such as Ireland, France, Germany, Spain and Italy. Its sign is €. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/euro/#m1)
2. A euro is one unit of this money; one euro is 100 cents. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/euro/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths money problems pupils add and subtract euros and cents; in everyday life in Ireland prices are in euros. Phrases: «a euro coin», «euros and cents», «five euros», «€2».

### Examples

- The ice cream costs two euros. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/euro/#x1)
- In Ireland we pay in euros. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/euro/#x2)
- One euro is worth a hundred cents. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/euro/#x3)
- I saved twenty euros for the school trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/euro/#x4)
- The euro sign looks like a «C» with two lines. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/euro/#x5)
- Eight euros minus three euros fifty is four euros fifty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/euro/#x6)
- When we went to France, Dad changed pounds into euros. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/euro/#x7)

### Note

Starts with a «you» sound, so «a euro», not «an euro». Plural «euros». Write the sign before the number: €5. The UK uses pounds, not euros. In maths, 100 cents = 1 euro, so €1.25 means one euro and twenty-five cents.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «euro» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/euro/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«euro» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/euro.html) on Mova free.