aera

See also: Aera, aerá, aéra, aerã, ära, æra, and aera-

English

Noun

aera (plural aeras)

1. Archaic spelling of era.
   • 1809, James Finlayson, Sermons, page 9:

     Would he not have anticipated an aera of high intellectual cultivation, and hailed with rapture the return of that fabled age of gold, […]

Anagrams

• Aare, area

Esperanto

Etymology

From aero +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈera/

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• Rhymes: -era
• Syllabification: a‧e‧ra

Adjective

aera (accusative singular aeran, plural aeraj, accusative plural aerajn)

1. aerial; airy; in the air

   tute libera, kiel birdo aera ― completely free, like a bird in the air

2. relating to aviation

   aera konvencio ― convention on aviation

Related terms

• aero

Irish

Noun

aera m pl

1. vocative plural of aer (“air”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aera

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aera	n-aera	haera	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.e.ra/
• Rhymes: -aera
• Hyphenation: à‧e‧ra

Verb

aera

1. inflection of aerare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• area

Latin

Etymology 1

Post-classical; probably from a special use of aera (“counters”), plural of aes (“piece of metal, money, brass”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈae̯.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.ra]

Noun

aera f (genitive aerae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) era or epoch from which time is measured

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	aera	aerae
genitive	aerae	aerārum
dative	aerae	aerīs
accusative	aeram	aerās
ablative	aerā	aerīs
vocative	aera	aerae

Descendants

• Asturian: era
• Catalan: era
• → Danish: æra
• → Dutch: era
• → English: era
• French: ère
• Galician: era
• → German: Ära
• Italian: era
• Portuguese: era
• Romanian: eră
• Spanish: era

Noun

aera

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of aes (“counters; the items of a computed sum”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.ɛ.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.e.ra]

Noun

āera

1. inflection of āēr:
   1. accusative singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

References

• “aera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "aera", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “aera”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “aera”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “aera”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Verb

aera

1. inflection of aerar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

From aer, partially based on French aérer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.eˈra/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: a‧e‧ra

Verb

a aera (third-person singular present aerează, past participle aerat) 1st conjugation

1. to air, aerate

   Synonym: aerisi

Conjugation

    conjugation of aera (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a aera
gerund			aerând
past participle			aerat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	aerez	aerezi	aerează	aerăm	aerați	aerează
	imperfect	aeram	aerai	aera	aeram	aerați	aerau
	simple perfect	aerai	aerași	aeră	aerarăm	aerarăți	aerară
	pluperfect	aerasem	aeraseși	aerase	aeraserăm	aeraserăți	aeraseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să aerez	să aerezi	să aereze	să aerăm	să aerați	să aereze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		aerează			aerați
	negative		nu aera			nu aerați

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈeɾa/ [aˈe.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: a‧e‧ra

Verb

aera

1. inflection of aerar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative