coeval

See also: coëval

English

Alternative forms

• coæval (archaic)
• coëval

Etymology

Late Latin coaevus, from Latin con- (“equal”) + aevum (“age”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəʊˈiːvəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /koʊˈi.vəl/

Adjective

coeval (not comparable)

1. Of the same age; contemporary.

   Anything coeval with that clock will fetch a hefty price!

   The Baralaba Coal Measures are coeval with the Bandana Formation.

   • 2009, Eric Buffetaut, Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in SE Asia:

     The differences between the Sao Khua dinosaur assemblage and the roughly coeval assemblages in China, notably those from the Jehol Group of NE China, have already been noted, and several hypotheses have been put forward, including differences in taphonomic conditions, and the existence of geographical or environmental barriers (Buffetaut et al. 2006; Fernandez et al. 2009).

Synonyms

• contemporaneous

Translations

of the same age

• Bulgarian: съвременен (bg) (sǎvreménen)
• French: du même âge, contemporain (fr) m
• German: gleichaltrig (de)
• Greek: συνομήλικος (el) m (synomílikos)
• Icelandic: samaldra m, jafnaldra m
• Irish: comhaosta
• Kurdish: hevjî

• Manx: co-eash, co-eashagh, uneashagh
• Persian: همسال‎ (hamsāl)
• Portuguese: coetâneo (pt), contemporâneo (pt), coevo (pt)
• Russian: одного́ во́зраста (odnovó vózrasta), совреме́нный (ru) (sovreménnyj) (contemporary)
• Spanish: coetáneo (es), contemporáneo (es)
• ǃXóõ: ǃnāã

Noun

coeval (plural coevals)

1. Something of the same era.

   The telephone and television are coevals in that film.

2. Somebody of the same age.

Translations

something of the same era

• Bulgarian: съвременник m (sǎvreménnik), съвременница f (sǎvreménnica)
• Greek: σύγχρονος (el) m (sýnchronos)

• Icelandic: samaldri m, jafnaldri (is) m, samtíðarmaður m
• Russian: совреме́нник (ru) m (sovreménnik), совреме́нница (ru) f (sovreménnica)

somebody of the same age

• Czech: vrstevník (cs) m

• Russian: све́рстник (ru) m (svérstnik), рове́сник (ru) m (rovésnik)

Quotations

• For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:coeval.

Anagrams

• alcove