noun
Erasmus
ih-RAZ-muhs
noun
1
A student taking part in the Erasmus exchange programme, which lets European university students study abroad for part of their course.
"She spent her Erasmus year studying in Barcelona."
"Half the students in his flat were Erasmus students from Germany and Italy."
2
The study period spent abroad as part of the Erasmus programme.
"He improved his French enormously during his Erasmus."
How to Use Erasmus
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA university exchange scheme (and, informally, the students or term abroad it funds) that sends European students to study at another university abroad for a semester or year.
Common pairings
Erasmus student
Erasmus year
go on Erasmus
Erasmus programme
Word Forms
Erasmuses plural
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Etymology
Named after the Renaissance scholar Erasmus of Rotterdam, and reverse-engineered into the acronym "European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students."