Egyptian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪˈdʒɪp.ʃən/

Alternative forms

• Ægyptian archaic

Full definition of Egyptian

Adjective

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

Noun

1. A person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent.
2. (obsolete) 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.

Derived terms

• walk like an Egyptian

Proper noun

1. The Afro-Asiatic language spoken in ancient Egypt.

Derived terms

• Egyptian bean
• Egyptian cotton
• Egyptian cross
• Egyptian darkness
• Egyptian thorn

Related terms

• Egypt