# What in blazes is the plural of the word "Euro"? € **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 16, 2016, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-blazes-is-the-plural-of-the-word-euro/757509 "2016-06-16T11:40:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bardos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bardos/32/1069_2.png) [@bardos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bardos)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-blazes-is-the-plural-of-the-word-euro/757509/1 "2016-06-16T11:40:44Z")
Does it have one… Some folks think not, others think does ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-blazes-is-the-plural-of-the-word-euro/757509/2 "2016-06-16T11:55:36Z")
I’ve always used “euros” for plural. Maybe I’ve just not been paying attention, but I don’t think I’ve encountered anyone who thought otherwise – other than Thais, who don’t like plurals anyway. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-blazes-is-the-plural-of-the-word-euro/757509/3 "2016-06-16T12:12:37Z")
Because Europe is a multi-lingual area, both ‘Euro’ and ‘Euros’ are officially allowed. So in English, you use ‘Euros’. ---
**Author:** ![Chihuahua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@Chihuahua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chihuahua)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-blazes-is-the-plural-of-the-word-euro/757509/4 "2016-06-16T12:29:09Z")
I always said “Euros.” ---
**Author:** ![bardos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bardos/32/1069_2.png) [@bardos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bardos)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-blazes-is-the-plural-of-the-word-euro/757509/5 "2016-06-16T12:32:45Z")
What I hear is the Brits always using “euro” as the plural. Then the other day I was watching an America TV series and the character also used the singular form “euro” as a plural. ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-blazes-is-the-plural-of-the-word-euro/757509/6 "2016-06-16T12:46:01Z")
More likely to be lazy speech than a grammatical statement. Everyone I know would say one Euro, three Euros. This was the same in France last Month - Un Euro, trois Euros. According to Google Translate, the Germans would not add the ‘s’ - Drei Euro ---
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> [@SanVito](#): > > Because Europe is a multi-lingual area, both ‘Euro’ and ‘Euros’ are officially allowed. So in English, you use ‘Euros’. As a native English speaker, I’ve always said “three euros”. I’ve heard “euro” used as a plural, and the meaning has always been clear. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-blazes-is-the-plural-of-the-word-euro/757509/8 "2016-06-16T13:08:36Z")
In Britain, maybe a carry-over from pound, which is often (in spoken language if not written) used as both the singular and plural. Same with “quid”. You wouldn’t say 50 quids. Whereas, i the US, no one would say “50 dollar”. It’s always “50 dollars”. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-blazes-is-the-plural-of-the-word-euro/757509/9 "2016-06-16T13:11:32Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > In Britain, maybe a carry-over from pound, which is often (in spoken language if not written) used as both the singular and plural. Same with “quid”. You wouldn’t say 50 quids. > > Whereas, i the US, no one would say “50 dollar”. It’s always “50 dollars”. Although “quids in” is a reasonably common phrase, meaning to do well out of a deal. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-blazes-is-the-plural-of-the-word-euro/757509/10 "2016-06-16T13:38:33Z")
Currency plural is difficult in German: the plural of ‘Euro’, as in the coin valued at one Euro, is ‘Euros’; but if combined with a number, it’s Euro—‘two Euros’ is ‘zwei Euro’. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-blazes-is-the-plural-of-the-word-euro/757509/11 "2016-06-16T13:52:31Z")
On the notes themselves, which would be as official as you can get, it’s “5 EURO”, “10 EURO”, “20 EURO”, etc., plus the name in Greek and Cyrillic. On the 2 euro coins it’s “2 EURO”, just in the Latin alphabet on the common reverse. (The Greek 2 euro coin has it in Greek on the obverse, but the Cypriot 2 euro coin doesn’t bother with that.) ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-blazes-is-the-plural-of-the-word-euro/757509/12 "2016-06-16T14:04:24Z")
U.S. citizen. I visit Europe monthly. I will refer to something as costing 10 Euro. “Hey, it was only 2 Euro to get in.” etc… But I might also say, “Do you have any Euros on you?” or “Can you spot me five Euros?” . ---
**Author:** ![sbunny8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@sbunny8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sbunny8)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-blazes-is-the-plural-of-the-word-euro/757509/13 "2016-06-16T15:35:14Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > On the notes themselves, which would be as official as you can get, it’s “5 EURO”, “10 EURO”, “20 EURO”, etc., plus the name in Greek and Cyrillic. On the 2 euro coins it’s “2 EURO”, just in the Latin alphabet on the common reverse. (The Greek 2 euro coin has it in Greek on the obverse, but the Cypriot 2 euro coin doesn’t bother with that.) But what if you have two coins, each of which says “1 EURO”? Do you then have two euros? ---
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Well, if you want an “official,” if not thoroughly confusing answer: > [@](#): > > Official practice for English-language EU legislation (not necessarily in national legislation[1]) is to use the words euro and cent as both singular and plural.[4] This practice originally arose out of legislation intended to ensure that the banknotes were uncluttered with a string of plurals. Because the s-less plurals had become “enshrined” in EU legislation, the Commission decided to retain those plurals in English in legislation even while allowing regular plurals in other languages.[20] The Directorate-General for Translation now recommends that the regular plurals, euros and cents, be used.[21] The European Commission Directorate-General for Translation’s English Style Guide (a handbook for authors and translators in the European Commission) previously recommended the use of regular plurals for documents intended for the general public but now has no restriction on usage and states: > > Prior to 2006, the inter-institutional style guide recommended use of euro and cent without the plural s, and the translation style guide recommended use of invariant plurals (without s) when amending or referring to original legislation but use of regular plurals in documents intended for the general public.[22] > > There has been a limited development of the term “eurozoner”, as a demonym for people in the eurozone. Although it began to appear at the turn of the 2000s, its usage is still rare. From [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_issues_concerning_the_euro#English). So, looks like officially, according to the EU translation guide, it’s “euros,” but prior to 2006, it had been “euro.” Anyhow, official guidelines aside, I typically say “euro” without the “s.” I’m not entirely sure why. There’s just certain currencies, like forint, kuna, lira, guilder, etc. that I don’t add an “s” to in English, and for some reason, “euro” fits that mold for me. Meanwhile, peso, mark, pound, and I’m sure some others, require the “s” for me. :shrug: At any rate, both “euro” and “euros” sound fine to my ears. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-blazes-is-the-plural-of-the-word-euro/757509/15 "2016-06-16T18:40:45Z")
Sorta-unrelated question: what’s up with Euro being pronounced Oy-row just for the currency? ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-blazes-is-the-plural-of-the-word-euro/757509/16 "2016-06-16T19:39:05Z")
> [@John\_Bredin](#): > > Sorta-unrelated question: what’s up with Euro being pronounced Oy-row just for the currency? In the UK it never is ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-blazes-is-the-plural-of-the-word-euro/757509/17 "2016-06-16T19:41:29Z")
> [@bardos](#): > > What I hear is the Brits always using “euro” as the plural. Then the other day I was watching an America TV series and the character also used the singular form “euro” as a plural. UK person here. It depends on whether you are discussing the abstract concept of the currency “this meal will cost 25 euro” Or the physical item itself “We need to go to the ATM to get some euros out” ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-blazes-is-the-plural-of-the-word-euro/757509/18 "2016-06-16T20:45:43Z")
> [@John\_Bredin](#): > > Sorta-unrelated question: what’s up with Euro being pronounced Oy-row just for the currency? German pronunciation. ---
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Plurals in Holland and Germany are expressed by “…en” So I say it’s Euren. ---
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> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I’ve always used “euros” for plural. Maybe I’ve just not been paying attention, but I don’t think I’ve encountered anyone who thought otherwise – other than Thais, who don’t like plurals anyway. What about if it is not a whole number? Would you say “2 euro thirty” or “2 euros thirty”? The latter would sound strange to me. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-blazes-is-the-plural-of-the-word-euro/757509.md?page=2)