era

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era

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Eravallan.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Eravallan terms

English

Alternative forms

• æra (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin aera. Sense 3 popularized by Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour.

Pronunciation

• enPR: îrʹə:
  • (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈɪə.ɹə/, [ˈɪə̯.ɹə ~ ˈɪː.ɹə]

    • Audio (UK):

      (file)

  • (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /iə.ɹə/, [ˈi̞ə̯.ɹə ~ ˈiː.ɹə]
  • (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɹə/, [ˈiː.ɹə]
  • (East Anglia, cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɛː.ɹə/, [ˈɛ̝.ɹə ~ ˈe̞ː.ɹə]
  • Rhymes: -ɪəɹə
  • Homophone: airer (non-rhotic, cheer–chair merger)
• (US) enPR: ĕrʹə, îrʹə; IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹ.ə/, /ˈɪɚ.ə/

  • Audio (US); /ˈɛɹ.ə/:

    (file)

  • Homophone: error (/ˈɛɹ.ə/, non-rhotic)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɹə, -ɪəɹə
• Hyphenation: e‧ra

Noun

era (plural eras)

1. A time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     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.

   • 2012 January, Philip E. Mirowski, “Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 4 April 2012, page 87:

     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.

2. (geology) A geochronologic unit of tens to hundreds of millions of years; a subdivision of an eon, and subdivided into periods.
3. (informal) An indefinite period of time in one’s life characterized by a particular interest.

   in my Taylor Swift era

Synonyms

• (time period of indeterminate length): age, epoch, period
• See also Thesaurus:era

Hyponyms

• (cosmological time unit): stelliferous era, degenerate era, black hole era
• (geochronologic unit): Cenozoic era, erathem, Mesozoic era, Paleozoic era

Coordinate terms

geological time unitsedit

• supereon
• aeon ~ eon
• era
• period
• epoch
• age, sub-epoch

Derived terms

• 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

time period

Albanian: erë (sq) f, epokë (sq) f Arabic: عَصْر (ar) m (ʕaṣr), عُصُور (ar) m pl (ʕuṣūr), زَمَان (ar) m (zamān) Armenian: դարաշրջան (hy) (darašrǰan), ժամանակաշրջան (hy) (žamanakašrǰan) Asturian: era (ast) f, época (ast) f Azerbaijani: əsr (az), dövr (az), era, zaman (az) Bashkir: дәүер (dəwer), заман (zaman) Belarusian: э́ра f (éra), эпо́ха f (epóxa) Bengali: যুগ (bn) (jug), কাল (bn) (kal), জমানা (bn) (jomana) Breton: amzervezh f, hoalad m Bulgarian: е́ра (bg) f (éra), епо́ха (bg) f (epóha) Burmese: ခေတ် (my) (hket), ယုဂ် (my) (yug) Catalan: era (ca) f, època (ca) f, període (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 時代 / 时代 (zh) (shídài), 紀元 / 纪元 (zh) (jìyuán) Czech: éra (cs) f, epocha f, období (cs) n Danish: æra c Dutch: tijdperk (nl) n, periode (nl) f, era (nl) m, tijdrekening (nl) f Egyptian: (rk) Esperanto: erao Estonian: ajastu (et) Finnish: aikakausi (fi), ajanjakso (fi), aika (fi) French: ère (fr) f, période (fr) f, époque (fr) f Galician: era (gl) f, época (gl) f Georgian: დრო (ka) (dro), ერა (era) German: Ära (de) f, Epoche (de) f Greek: περίοδος (el) f (períodos), εποχή (el) f (epochí) Hebrew: עידן \ עִדָּן (he) m (idán), תְּקוּפָה (he) f (tkufá) Hindi: युग (hi) m (yug), अनुयुग m (anuyug), ज़माना m (zamānā), काल (hi) m (kāl) Hungarian: kor (hu), korszak (hu), éra (hu) Ido: ero (io) Indonesian: era (id), masa (id), jaman (id), periode (id) Italian: era (it) f, epoca (it) f Japanese: 時代 (ja) (じだい, jidai), 紀元 (ja) (きげん, kigen) Kabuverdianu: idadi Kazakh: дәуір (däuır), заман (zaman) Khmer: សម័យ (km) (saʼmay), កាល (km) (kaal), យុគ (km) (yuk) Korean: 시대(時代) (ko) (sidae), 기원(紀元) (ko) (giwon) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: dewr (ku), zeman (ku) Kyrgyz: доор (ky) (door), эра (era), заман (ky) (zaman) Lao: ຍຸກ (nyuk), ສະໃໝ (sa mai), ສໄມ (sa mai) Latin: aetas (la) f Latvian: ēra f, laikmets m Lithuanian: era (lt) f Macedonian: ера f (era) Malay: masa (ms), zaman (ms), tarikh (ms) Marathi: काळ m (kāḷ), युग n (yug) Mongolian: Cyrillic: цаг (mn) (cag), үе (mn) (üje), эрин үе (erin üje) Norwegian: Bokmål: æra (no) m, tidsalder m, epoke (no) m, tidsepoke m Nynorsk: æra m, tidsalder m, epoke m, tidsepoke m Pashto: دوره (ps) f (dawrá), عصر (ps) m (asᶕr), زمانه (ps) f (zamāná, zəmāná) Persian: Iranian Persian: عَصْر (asr), دُوْرِه (dowre), زَمان (zamân), زَمانِه (zamâne) Polish: era (pl) f Portuguese: era (pt) f, época (pt) f Romanian: eră (ro) f, epocă (ro) f, perioadă (ro) f Russian: э́ра (ru) f (éra), эпо́ха (ru) f (epóxa) Sanskrit: युग (sa) n (yuga) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: е́ра f Roman: éra (sh) f Slovak: obdobie n, éra (sk) f, epocha (sk) f Slovene: era f Spanish: época (es) f, era (es) f, período (es) m, evo (es) m (poetic) Swedish: era (sv) c, tidevarv (sv) n Tagalog: higtion Tajik: давр (davr), давра (davra), аср (asr), замон (tg) (zamon), замона (zamona) Tatar: заман (tt) (zaman), дәвер (tt) (däwer) Telugu: శకం (te) (śakaṁ), యుగం (te) (yugaṁ) Thai: สมัย (th) (sà-mǎi), กาล (th) (gaan), ยุค (th) (yúk) Turkish: çağ (tr), devir (tr), asır (tr) Turkmen: döwür, zaman (tk) Udmurt: вапум (vapum) Ukrainian: е́ра (uk) f (éra), епо́ха (uk) f (epóxa) Urdu: زَمانَہ m (zamāna) دَور m (daur), عَصْر m ('asr), زَمان m (zamān) Uyghur: دەۋر (dewr) Uzbek: davr (uz), era (uz), epoxa (uz), asr (uz), zamon (uz) Vietnamese: thời đại (vi) (時代), kỉ nguyên (vi) (紀元) Zazaki: dem (diq), dewr (diq)

geochronologic unit

Arabic: حِقْبَة f (ḥiqba) Chinese: Mandarin: 代 (zh) (dài) Finnish: maailmankausi (fi) German: Erdzeitalter (de) n Hebrew: עִדָּן (he) m (idán) Swedish: era (sv) c Tagalog: higtion Zazaki: serdem

Further reading

• era on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• 'ear, Åre, ear, Rea, rea, EAR, REA, aer-, A.R.E., ReA, ARE, aër-, Are, Aer, are, Rae

Albanian

Noun

era

1. definite nominative singular of erë

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin aera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɾa/ [ˈe.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: e‧ra

Noun

era f (plural eres)

1. era (time period)

   Synonyms: dómina, época

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian э́ра (éra), ultimately from Late Latin aera.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

era (definite accusative eranı, plural eralar)

1. era

   yeni eraya qədəm qoymaq ― to enter a new era

   eramızdan əvvəl ― before the common era

Declension

Declension of era

	singular	plural
nominative	era	eralar
definite accusative	eranı	eraları
dative	eraya	eralara
locative	erada	eralarda
ablative	eradan	eralardan
definite genitive	eranın	eraların

Possessive forms of era

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	eram	eralarım
sənin (“your”)	eran	eraların
onun (“his/her/its”)	erası	eraları
bizim (“our”)	eramız	eralarımız
sizin (“your”)	eranız	eralarınız
onların (“their”)	erası or eraları	eraları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	eramı	eralarımı
sənin (“your”)	eranı	eralarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	erasını	eralarını
bizim (“our”)	eramızı	eralarımızı
sizin (“your”)	eranızı	eralarınızı
onların (“their”)	erasını or eralarını	eralarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	erama	eralarıma
sənin (“your”)	erana	eralarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	erasına	eralarına
bizim (“our”)	eramıza	eralarımıza
sizin (“your”)	eranıza	eralarınıza
onların (“their”)	erasına or eralarına	eralarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	eramda	eralarımda
sənin (“your”)	eranda	eralarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	erasında	eralarında
bizim (“our”)	eramızda	eralarımızda
sizin (“your”)	eranızda	eralarınızda
onların (“their”)	erasında or eralarında	eralarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	eramdan	eralarımdan
sənin (“your”)	erandan	eralarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	erasından	eralarından
bizim (“our”)	eramızdan	eralarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	eranızdan	eralarınızdan
onların (“their”)	erasından or eralarından	eralarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	eramın	eralarımın
sənin (“your”)	eranın	eralarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	erasının	eralarının
bizim (“our”)	eramızın	eralarımızın
sizin (“your”)	eranızın	eralarınızın
onların (“their”)	erasının or eralarının	eralarının

Further reading

• “era” in Obastan.com.

Basque

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

era inan

1. manner

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈe.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈe.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin aera.

Noun

era f (plural eres)

1. era (time period)

   Synonym: època

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin ārea (“open space; threshing floor”). Compare the borrowed doublet àrea.

Noun

era f (plural eres)

1. small section of arable land destined for cultivation

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

era

1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ser
2. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ésser

Further reading

• “era”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “era”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “era” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “era” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chuukese

Verb

era

1. (intransitive) to say

Related terms

• ereni

Creek

Pronunciation

• (Oklahoma) IPA^(key): [ɪɬɑ́ˑ]
• Hyphenation: e‧ra

Noun

era

1. his/her back

Inflection

Possessive inflection of era (inalienable)

	Singular	Plural
First person	cvra	pora
Second person	cera
Third person	era
Indefinite	estera

References

• J. B. Martin; M. McKane Mauldrin (2004), A dictionary of Creek/Muscogee, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 31
• J. B. Martin (2011), A grammar of Creek (Muscogee), University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 134

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.raː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: era
• Rhymes: -eːraː

Noun

era f (plural era's)

1. era, age, epoch

   Synonyms: eeuw, tijdperk

2. (dated) era, calendar

   Synonym: jaartelling

Descendants

• → Indonesian: era

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈera/
• Rhymes: -era
• Hyphenation: er‧a

Adjective

era (accusative singular eran, plural eraj, accusative plural erajn)

1. adjective form of ero (“bit, piece”)

Fala

Verb

era

1. first-person singular imperfect indicative of sel (“to be”)
2. third-person singular imperfect indicative of sel (“to be”)
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme IV, Chapter 1: Non Diptongación da “E” i a “O” en Nossa Fala:

     Tampocu era normal en o leonés antiguu, según os estudius dos escritus i textus estudiaus, por ejemplu por Menéndez Pidal, quen tamén viñu i estudió o mañegu.

     Neither was it normal in Old Leonese, according to studies of the writings and the texts studied, by Menéndez Pidal for example, who also came and studied Mañego.

Galician

Verb

era

1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ser

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

era

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch era, from Latin aera.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈera/ [ˈe.ra]
• Rhymes: -era
• Syllabification: e‧ra

Noun

era (plural era-era)

1. era, age, epoch

Derived terms

• era bonanza minyak
• era demokratisasi
• era digitalisasi
• era elektrifikasi
• era globalisasi
• era industrialisasi
• era keemasan
• era keterbukaan
• era kolonial
• era kontemporer
• era milenial
• era modern
• era pandemi
• era pascapandemi
• era pembangunan
• era reformasi
• era telekomunikasi
• era transisi

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hitu [Term?]

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈera/ [ˈe.ra]
• Rhymes: -era
• Syllabification: e‧ra

Noun

era (plural era-era)

1. sago dreg

Further reading

• “era” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Noun

era (plural eras)

1. era

Verb

era

1. optional irregular past tense form of esser ("to be")