eurodollar
noun
eurodollar is a noun meaning “Alternative letter-case form of Eurodollar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled E-U-R-O-D-O-L-L-A-R and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of eurodollar is eurodollars.
What does eurodollar mean?
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of Eurodollar.
noun
- 1
A deposit, in US dollars, held in a bank outside of the United States (no longer necessarily in Europe)
- 2
informalobsoleteSynonym of euro (“€”) (nickname used for the unified European currency prior to its introduction and naming; in conversation, media, and fiction)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce eurodollar?
Eurodollar has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of eurodollar
- eurodollars plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is eurodollar?
Eurodollar appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Eurodollar in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a deposit, in US dollars, held in a bank outside of the United States:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Eurodollars |
| Spanish | eurodólar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does eurodollar come from?
From euro- + dollar.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).