era

See also Appendix:Variations of "era"

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• æra (archaic)

Etymology

From Late Latin aera.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: îr'ə, IPA: /ˈiə(ɹ).ə/, X-SAMPA: /"I@(r).@/

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• Rhymes: -iə(ɹ)ə
• (US) enPR: ĕr'ə, IPA: /ˈɛrə/, X-SAMPA: /"Er@/

• Audio (US)

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• Homophone: error (in non-rhotic accents)
• Rhymes: -ɛrə

Noun

era (plural eras)

1. A time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year.
   • 2012 January 1, Philip E. Mirowski, “Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, 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 unit of time, smaller than aeons and greater than periods.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• (geological time unit): Cenozoic era, erathem, Mesozoic era, Paleozoic era

Coordinate terms

• (geological time units) supereon, aeon/eon, era, period, epoch, age/sub-epoch

Translations

time period

• Arabic: عصر (ar) (`aSr) m, عصور (ar) (`uSuur) m pl, زمان (ar) (zamaan) m
• Asturian: era (ast) f, época (ast) f
• Breton: amzervezh (br) f, -ioù, hoalad (br) m, -où
• Catalan: era (ca) f, època (ca) f, període (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 時代 (cmn), 时代 (cmn) (shídài)

• Danish: æra (da) c
• Dutch: tijdperk (nl) n, periode (nl) f, era (nl) m, tijdrekening (nl) f
• Esperanto: erao (eo)
• 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 (ka) (era)
• German: Ära (de) f, Epoche (de) f
• Greek: περίοδος (el) (períodos) f, εποχή (el) (epochí) f
• Hebrew: עידן (he) f, תקופה (he) f
• 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)
• Latin: aetas (la) f
• Lojban: cedra (jbo)
• Polish: era (pl) f
• Portuguese: era (pt) f, época (pt) f
• Romanian: eră (ro) f, epocă (ro) f, perioadă (ro) f
• Russian: эра (ru) (éra) f, эпоха (ru) (epóxa) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ера (sh) f

  Roman: era (sh) f

• Spanish: época (es) f, era (es) f, período (es) m
• Swedish: era (sv) c
• Telugu: శకం (te) (Sakam), యుగం (te) (yugam)
• Turkish: çağ (tr), devir (tr)

geology: unit of time

• Finnish: maailmankausi (fi)

Anagrams

• are, ear, Rae

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Basque

Noun

era

1. manner

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Catalan

Verb

era

1. First-person singular imperfect indicative form of ser.
2. Third-person singular imperfect indicative form of ser.

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Esperanto

Adjective

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

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

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Fala

Verb

era

1. third-person singular imperfect indicative of sel
   • 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.

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Galician

Verb

era

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

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Interlingua

Noun

era (plural eras)

1. era

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Italian

Noun

era f (plural ere)

1. age, epoch, period
2. (geology) era

Verb

era

1. imperfect indicative third-person singular form of essere

See also

• epoca
• età

Anagrams

• are, rea

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Latin

Noun

era (genitive erae); f, first declension

1. mistress (of a house, with respect to the servants)

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	era	erae
genitive	erae	erārum
dative	erae	erīs
accusative	eram	erās
ablative	erā	erīs
vocative	era	erae

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Luganda

Conjunction

era

1. and then (only used for occurrences in chronological order)

See also

• ne

References

p. 95, The Essentials of Luganda, J. D. Chesswas, 4th edition. Oxford University Press: Nairobi. 1967.

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aizō.

Noun

ēra f

1. honour
2. dignity

Derived terms

• unera

Descendants

• Dutch: eer

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aizō, whence also Old English ār, Old Norse eir.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈeː.ra/

Noun

ēra f

1. honour
2. renown
3. respect

Descendants

• German: Ehre

References

• Henry Frowde, An Old High German Primer

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aizō, whence also Old English ār, Old Norse eir.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈeː.ra/

Noun

ēra f

1. honour
2. renown
3. glory

Declension

Declension of ēra

	Singular	Plural
nominative	ēra	ēra
accusative	ēra	ēra
genitive	ērō	ēronō
dative	ēru	ērum

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛra/

Noun

era f

1. era

Declension

    declension of era

	singular	plural
nominative	era	ery
genitive	ery	er
dative	erze	erom
accusative	erę	ery
instrumental	erą	erami
locative	erze	erach
vocative	ero	ery

Related terms

• n.e., p.n.e.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛ.ɾə/

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• Homophone: hera

Etymology 1

Inflected form of ser (“to be”).

Verb

era

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

Etymology 2

From Late Latin aera.

Noun

era f (plural eras)

1. era (time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year)
2. (archaeology) age (period of human prehistory)
3. (geology) era (unit of time, smaller than aeons and greater than periods)

Synonyms

• (indeterminately lengthy time period): época
• (period of human prehistory): idade

Derived terms

era antropozóica era cenozóica era cristã era da pedra

era da pedra lascada era da pedra polida era digital era do bronze

era do ferro era mesozóica era paleozóica era Proterozóica

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Rapa Nui

Pronoun

era

1. that

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [eˈra]

Verb

era

1. third-person singular imperfect form of fi. he/she was (being)

   el era ieri prost

   he was being an idiot yesterday

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Late Latin aera.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ěːra/
• Hyphenation: e‧ra

Noun

éra f (Cyrillic spelling е́ра)

1. era

Declension

    declension of era

	singular	plural
nominative	éra	ere
genitive	ere	ȇrā
dative	eri	erama
accusative	eru	ere
vocative	ero	ere
locative	eri	erama
instrumental	erom	erama

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Spanish

Etymology 1

see ser

Verb

era (infinitive ser)

1. First-person singular (yo) imperfect indicative form of ser.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperfect indicative form of ser.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) imperfect indicative form of ser.

See also

• estaba

Etymology 2

From Late Latin aera.

Noun

era f (plural eras)

1. era

Etymology 3

From Latin ārea.

Noun

era f (plural eras)

1. threshing floor
2. tipple

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• edra (archaic)

Pronunciation

• audio

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Noun

era c

1. era

Declension

Declension of era

	singular		plural
common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	era	eran	eror	erorna
genitive	eras	erans	erors	erornas

Pronoun

era (singular form er)

1. your, yours (multiple owners of more than one object)

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns

	subject	object	possessive
singular	full	full	common	neuter	plural
1st person	jag	mig	min	mitt	mina
2nd person	du	dig	din	ditt	dina
3rd person masculine	han	honom	hans
3rd person feminine	hon	henne	hennes
3rd person common	den	den	dess
3rd person neuter	det	det	dess
3rd person indefinite	man	en	ens
3rd person reflexive	—	sig	sin	sitt	sina
plural
1st person	vi	oss	vår	vårt	våra
2nd person	ni	er	er	ert	era
3rd person	de	dem	deras
3rd person reflexive	—	sig	sin	sitt	sina