A person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent.
Used in a Sentence
egyptian
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for egyptian.
Editorial note
Its similar to learning that the Egyptian pyramids were older to Julius Caesar than Caesar is to us.
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Quick take
A person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of egyptian gathered in one view.
The Afroasiatic language spoken (and written) in ancient Egypt
Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for egyptian.
noun
A person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent.
noun
The Afroasiatic language spoken (and written) in ancient Egypt
adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.
noun
(dated) A gypsy.
Example sentences
Its similar to learning that the Egyptian pyramids were older to Julius Caesar than Caesar is to us.
A similar device showed up with the Egyptian military to detect nothing less than 'viruses' in what's been known as Koftagate.
Our measures for angles and for time descend from the base 60 Babylonian system, whereas base 10 descends from the ancient Egyptian system.
The redness of men in Egyptian art is based on the fact that men's skin is redder, due to more hemoglobin closer to the surface.
Sweden is too cold for an Egyptian - in every respect.
The egyptian statue reference is just wrong - there's a long tradition of females being depicted as yellow or white versus red or brown for males.
Out of curiosity, are you going to include Egyptian films?
Big teams are getting things done, as Alan Kay was saying, on the same model as the Egyptian pyramids, with thousands of people pushing large bricks around.
Especially because Mailer uses an uncensored version of Egyptian mythology which, to put it mildly, differs from the version you get of it from the National Geographic.
Yet, strangely, Obama supported the Egyptian coup.
Just to add something, in our culture Egyptian that is, we mostly behave and act like Americans when it comes to these forms of courtesy.
Its not a slight towards Egyptian construction prowess, just surprise that some things are so ancient that they were ancient to people we think of as ancient.
Quote examples
I loved "Zulu" movie (I am sort of movie geek too), We will look at Egyptian movies too, because, why not.
Alan Kay said it best, "Most software today is very much like an Egyptian pyramid with millions of bricks piled on top of each other, with no structural integrity, but just done by brute force and thousands of slaves." So what happens when you build a dog house out of cardboard and tape?
If you think Egyptian mythology has a problem with the name clash imagine this software incubator (also called Isis) [1] "Thursday, April 2, 2015 - 09:30 to 11:30 Isis Innovation Ltd, Ewert House, Ewert Place, Oxford OX2 7SG, United Kingdom The Isis Software Incubator is running its spring 4 week accelerator programme starting March 23.
Proper noun examples
Egyptian birth rates fell from the '60s until just recently, when they started to rise.
We have written records of Egyptian, Sumerian, and Eblaite, dating from before 2300 BC.
Wouldn't it be easier for these already traumatized refugees to integrate in Moroccan, Tunisian, Egyptian, Jordanian, Saudi Arabian, UAE-ian(?)...societies?
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use egyptian in a sentence?
Its similar to learning that the Egyptian pyramids were older to Julius Caesar than Caesar is to us.
What does egyptian mean?
A person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent.
What part of speech is egyptian?
egyptian is commonly used as noun, adjective.