coeval

English

Alternative forms

• coæval (archaic)

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)
• Icelandic: samaldra m, jafnaldra m
• Manx: co-eash, co-eashagh, uneashagh

• Portuguese: coetâneo (pt), contemporâneo (pt), coevo (pt)
• Russian: одного возраста (odnovó vózrasta), современный (ru) (sovreménnyj) (contemporary)
• Spanish: coetáneo (es), contemporáneo (es)
• ǃXóõ: ǃnāã

Noun

coeval (plural coevals)

1. Something of the same era or age.

   The telephone and television are coevals in that film.

• For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.

Translations

something of the same era

• Bulgarian: съвременник m (sǎvreménnik), съвременница f (sǎvreménnica)
• Icelandic: samaldri m, jafnaldri (is) m, samtíðarmaður m

• Russian: современник (ru) m (sovreménnik), современница (ru) f (sovreménnica)

Anagrams

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