coeval

See also: coëval

English

Alternative forms

• coæval (archaic)
• coëval

Etymology

Late Latin coævus, from Latin: com- ‎(com-, “equal”) in combination with aevum ‎(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.

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

• Manx: co-eash, co-eashagh, uneashagh
• 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

• Czeck: vrstevník (cs) m

Anagrams

• alcove

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:coeval.