era
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Late Latin aerabor.
English era
Borrowed from Late Latin aera.
Inflected forms:
form: eras
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: aera
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: æra
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
Senses:
gloss: A time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year.
pos: noun
examples: Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.
In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.
gloss: A geochronologic unit of tens to hundreds of millions of years; a subdivision of an eon, and subdivided into periods.
pos: noun
gloss: An indefinite period of time in one’s life characterized by a particular interest.
pos: noun
tags: informal
Synonyms: age
epoch
period
cycle
day
era
generation
Great Year
interval
Platonic year
time
Derived words: beautiful era
bubble era
classical era
dead-ball era
era-defining
era name
Fleabag era
flop era
geologic era
golden era
live-ball era
modern era
our era
Planck era
rainbow era
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: erë
lang: Albanian
word: mot
lang: Arabic
word: عَصْر
roman: ʕaṣr
lang: Arabic
word: عُصُور
roman: ʕuṣūr
lang: Arabic
word: زَمَان
roman: zamān
lang: Armenian
word: դարաշրջան
roman: darašrǰan
lang: Armenian
word: ժամանակաշրջան
roman: žamanakašrǰan
lang: Asturian
word: era
lang: Asturian
word: época
lang: Azerbaijani
word: əsr
lang: Azerbaijani
word: dövr
lang: Azerbaijani
word: era
lang: Azerbaijani
word: zaman
lang: Bashkir
word: дәүер
roman: dəwer
lang: Bashkir
word: заман
roman: zaman
lang: Belarusian
word: э́ра
roman: éra
lang: Belarusian
word: эпо́ха
roman: epóxa
lang: Bengali
word: যুগ
roman: jug
lang: Bengali
word: কাল
roman: kal
lang: Bengali
word: জমানা
roman: jomana
lang: Breton
word: amzervezh
lang: Breton
word: hoalad
lang: Bulgarian
word: е́ра
roman: éra
lang: Bulgarian
word: епо́ха
roman: epóha
lang: Burmese
word: ခေတ်
roman: hket
lang: Burmese
word: ယုဂ်
roman: yug
lang: Catalan
word: era
lang: Catalan
word: època
lang: Catalan
word: període
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 時代 /时代
roman: shídài
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 紀元 /纪元
roman: jìyuán
lang: Czech
word: éra
lang: Czech
word: epocha
lang: Czech
word: období
lang: Danish
word: æra
lang: Dutch
word: tijdperk
lang: Dutch
word: periode
lang: Dutch
word: era
lang: Dutch
word: tijdrekening
lang: Egyptian
word: r:k-hrw
roman: rk
lang: Esperanto
word: erao
lang: Estonian
word: ajastu
lang: Finnish
word: aikakausi
lang: Finnish
word: ajanjakso
lang: Finnish
word: aika
lang: French
word: ère
lang: French
word: période
lang: French
word: époque
lang: Galician
word: era
lang: Galician
word: época
lang: Georgian
word: დრო
roman: dro
lang: Georgian
word: ერა
roman: era
lang: German
word: Ära
lang: German
word: Epoche
lang: Greek
word: περίοδος
roman: períodos
lang: Greek
word: εποχή
roman: epochí
lang: Hebrew
word: עידן \ עִדָּן
roman: idán
lang: Hebrew
word: תְּקוּפָה
roman: tkufá
lang: Hindi
word: युग
roman: yug
lang: Hindi
word: अनुयुग
roman: anuyug
lang: Hindi
word: ज़माना
roman: zamānā
lang: Hindi
word: काल
roman: kāl
lang: Hungarian
word: kor
lang: Hungarian
word: korszak
lang: Hungarian
word: éra
lang: Ido
word: ero
lang: Indonesian
word: era
lang: Indonesian
word: masa
lang: Indonesian
word: jaman
lang: Indonesian
word: periode
lang: Italian
word: era
lang: Italian
word: epoca
lang: Japanese
word: 時代
roman: jidai
lang: Japanese
word: 紀元
roman: kigen
lang: Kabuverdianu
word: idadi
lang: Kazakh
word: дәуір
roman: däuır
lang: Kazakh
word: заман
roman: zaman
lang: Khmer
word: សម័យ
roman: saʼmay
lang: Khmer
word: កាល
roman: kaal
lang: Khmer
word: យុគ
roman: yuk
lang: Korean
word: 시대
roman: sidae
lang: Korean
word: 기원
roman: giwon
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: dewr
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: zeman
lang: Kyrgyz
word: доор
roman: door
lang: Kyrgyz
word: эра
roman: era
lang: Kyrgyz
word: заман
roman: zaman
lang: Lao
word: ຍຸກ
roman: nyuk
lang: Lao
word: ສະໃໝ
roman: sa mai
lang: Lao
word: ສໄມ
roman: sa mai
lang: Latin
word: aetas
lang: Latvian
word: ēra
lang: Latvian
word: laikmets
lang: Lithuanian
word: era
lang: Macedonian
word: ера
roman: era
lang: Malay
word: masa
lang: Malay
word: zaman
lang: Malay
word: tarikh
lang: Marathi
word: काळ
roman: kāḷ
lang: Marathi
word: युग
roman: yug
lang: Mongolian
word: цаг
roman: cag
lang: Mongolian
word: үе
roman: üje
lang: Mongolian
word: эрин үе
roman: erin üje
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: æra
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: tidsalder
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: epoke
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: tidsepoke
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: æra
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: tidsalder
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: epoke
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: tidsepoke
lang: Pashto
word: دوره
roman: dawrá
lang: Pashto
word: عصر
roman: asᶕr
lang: Pashto
word: زمانه
roman: zamāná, zəmāná
lang: Iranian Persian
word: عَصْر
roman: asr
lang: Iranian Persian
word: دُورِه
roman: dowre
lang: Iranian Persian
word: زَمان
roman: zamân
lang: Iranian Persian
word: زَمانِه
roman: zamâne
lang: Iranian Persian
word: دُوران
roman: dowrân
lang: Polish
word: era
lang: Portuguese
word: era
lang: Portuguese
word: época
lang: Romanian
word: eră
lang: Romanian
word: epocă
lang: Romanian
word: perioadă
lang: Russian
word: э́ра
roman: éra
lang: Russian
word: эпо́ха
roman: epóxa
lang: Sanskrit
word: युग
roman: yuga
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: е́ра
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: éra
lang: Slovak
word: obdobie
lang: Slovak
word: éra
lang: Slovak
word: epocha
lang: Slovene
word: era
lang: Spanish
word: época
lang: Spanish
word: era
lang: Spanish
word: período
lang: Spanish
word: evo
lang: Swedish
word: era
lang: Swedish
word: tidevarv
lang: Tagalog
word: higtion
lang: Tajik
word: давр
roman: davr
lang: Tajik
word: давра
roman: davra
lang: Tajik
word: аср
roman: asr
lang: Tajik
word: замон
roman: zamon
lang: Tajik
word: замона
roman: zamona
lang: Tatar
word: заман
roman: zaman
lang: Tatar
word: дәвер
roman: däwer
lang: Telugu
word: శకం
roman: śakaṁ
lang: Telugu
word: యుగం
roman: yugaṁ
lang: Thai
word: สมัย
roman: sà-mǎi
lang: Thai
word: กาล
roman: gaan
lang: Thai
word: ยุค
roman: yúk
lang: Turkish
word: çağ
lang: Turkish
word: devir
lang: Turkish
word: asır
lang: Turkish
word: çığır
lang: Turkmen
word: döwür
lang: Turkmen
word: zaman
lang: Udmurt
word: вапум
roman: vapum
lang: Ukrainian
word: е́ра
roman: éra
lang: Ukrainian
word: епо́ха
roman: epóxa
lang: Urdu
word: زَمانَہ m دَور
roman: zamāna
lang: Urdu
word: عَصْر
roman: 'asr
lang: Urdu
word: زَمان
roman: zamān
lang: Uyghur
word: دەۋر
roman: dewr
lang: Uzbek
word: davr
lang: Uzbek
word: era
lang: Uzbek
word: epoxa
lang: Uzbek
word: asr
lang: Uzbek
word: zamon
lang: Vietnamese
word: thời đại
lang: Vietnamese
word: kỉ nguyên
lang: Zazaki
word: dem (diq)
lang: Zazaki
word: dewr (diq)