Iron Age

See also: iron age

English

Etymology

From iron + age, in the mythological sense a calque of Latin saecula ferrea, aetas ferrea; in the archaeological sense a calque of Danish jernalder.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʌɪən eɪdʒ/

Proper noun

the Iron Age

1. (mythology) The most recent and debased of the four or five classical Ages of Man; hence, any period characterized by wicked behavior. [from 16th c.]
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 1, member 3:

     He that shall examine this iron age wherein we live, where love is cold […] may well ask where is charity?

2. An age characterized by the use of iron. [from 16th c.]
3. (archaeology) A level of culture in which humans used iron and the technology of ironworking. (Estimated to have begun in Europe about 1100 BC) [from 19th c.]

Coordinate terms

• (archaeology): Stone Age, Bronze Age
• (mythology): Golden Age, Silver Age, Bronze Age, Heroic Age

Translations

archaeology

• Arabic: عَصْر اَلْحَدِيد m (ʕaṣr al-ḥadīd)
• Armenian: երկաթի դար (hy) (erkatʻi dar)
• Asturian: Edá del Fierro m
• Burmese: သံခေတ် (my) (samhket)
• Catalan: edat del ferro f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鐵器時代／铁器时代 (zh) (Tiěqì Shídài)

• Czech: doba železná (cs) f
• Danish: jernalder c
• Dutch: ijzertijd (nl) m
• Erzya: кшнибинге (kšńibinge)
• Estonian: rauaaeg (et)
• Finnish: rautakausi (fi)
• French: âge du fer (fr) m
• Galician: idade do ferro f
• German: Eisenzeit (de) f
• Greek: Εποχή του Σιδήρου f (Epochí tou Sidírou)
• Hindi: लौह युग m (lauh yug)
• Hungarian: vaskor (hu)
• Irish: an Iarannaois f
• Italian: età del ferro f
• Japanese: 鉄器時代 (てっきじだい, Tekki Jidai)
• Kazakh: темір дәуірі (temır däuırı)
• Korean: 철기 시대(鐵器時代) (ko) (Cheolgi sidae)
• Latvian: dzelzs laikmets m
• Limburgish: iezertied m
• Macedonian: железно време n (železno vreme)
• Malay: Zaman Besi
• Norman: Âge dé Fé m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: jernalder m

  Nynorsk: jarnalder m, jernalder m

• Polish: epoka żelaza (pl) f
• Portuguese: idade do ferro f, Idade do Ferro f
• Romanian: epoca fierului (ro) f, epoca de fier (ro) f
• Russian: желе́зный век m (želéznyj vek)
• Southern Altai: темир чак (temir čak)
• Spanish: Edad del Hierro (es) f
• Swahili: Zama za Chuma
• Swedish: järnålder (sv) c
• Turkish: Demir Çağı
• Vietnamese: thời đại đồ sắt
• Welsh: Oes yr Haearn f
• Zazaki: Dorê asıni

mythology

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鐵器時代／铁器时代 (zh) (Tiěqì Shídài)

• Danish: jernalder c
• Dutch: ijzertijd (nl) m
• Estonian: rauaaeg (et)
• Finnish: rautakausi (fi)
• French: âge du fer (fr) m
• Irish: an Iarannaois f
• Korean: 철(鐵)의 시대(時代) (cheor-ui sidae)
• Limburgish: iezertied m
• Macedonian: железно време n (železno vreme)
• Malay: Zaman Besi
• Norman: Âge dé Fé m
• Norwegian: jernalder m
• Polish: epoka żelaza (pl) f
• Portuguese: idade do ferro f, Idade do Ferro f
• Russian: желе́зный век m (želéznyj vek)
• Zazaki: Demê asıni

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} ferepoko
• Galician: ^{(please verify)} idade de Ferro
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} תקופת הברזל
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} età del ferro
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 鉄器時代 (tekki-jidai)
• Kabuverdianu:

  Badiu: ^{(please verify)} Idadi du Ferru m

  Fogo: ^{(please verify)} Idade du Ferro m

  São Vicente: ^{(please verify)} Idad' d' Ferr' m

• Latin: ^{(please verify)} etas ferrum
• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} geležies amžius
• Low German: ^{(please verify)} Iesentiet
• Maltese: ^{(please verify)} Żmien il-Ħadid
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} гвоздено доба

  Roman: ^{(please verify)} gvozdeno doba

• Sicilian: ^{(please verify)} Etati dû Ferru
• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} Železna doba
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} Edad de Hierro m

See also

• Iron Age on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ages of Man on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

See also

• Iron Age on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ages of Man on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Noriega, Rogaine, orangie, rogaine