europeanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from French Européen, via Latin europaeus, ultimately from Ancient Greek Εὐρωπαῖος (Eurōpaîos, “European”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /(ˌ)jʊə.ɹəˈpiː.ən/, /(ˌ)jʊə.ɹəˈpɪ.ən/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˌjʊɚ.əˈpi.ən/, /ˌjɝ.əˈpi.ən/

形容詞

European (comparative more European, superlative most European)

1. Related to Europe or the European Union.
2. Of the white ethnicity.

   Stamps like this were common on furniture made in Australia in the first half of last century, when there were a number of Chinese furniture makers in Australia who were seen as competition to 'European Australian' makers.

   • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 233:

     From a domestic point of view the advent of the Chinese was a decided blessing, for, instead of the European ladies of the settlement having to do all their own work, they were able to employ a proper staff of Chinese boys.

3. (finance, of an option, not comparable) That can be exercised only at the expiry date.
   • 2009, John C. Hull, Options, Futures, and other Derivatives (Seventh Edition), Pearson Education, page 182:

     All of these trade on the Chicago Board Options Exchange. Most of the contracts are European. An exception is the OEX contract on the S&P 100, which is American.

   • 2010, Johnathan Mun, Modeling Risk + DVD: Applying Monte Carlo Risk Simulation, Strategic Real Options, Stochastic Forecasting, and Portfolio Optimization (Second Edition), John Wiley & Sons:

     Based on the analyses throughout the case study, it is recommended that the use of a model that assumes an ESO is European style when, in fact, the option is American style with the other exotic variables should not be permitted, as this substantially overstates compensation expenses.

   • 2012, Hugo D. Junghenn, Option Valuation: A First Course in Financial Mathematics, CRC Press, page 53:

     Nevertheless, as we shall see, some properties of American options may be readily deduced from those of their European counterparts.

上位語

• (nationality または ethnicity): Eurasian

等位語

• (timing of option exercise): American, Bermudan, Canary, Verde

派生語

関連する語

名詞

European (複数形 Europeans)

1. person living or originating from Europe
2. person who resides within the European Union

参照

• European at OneLook Dictionary Search
• European in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• European in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911