epoko

Esperanto

Alternative forms

• epoĥo (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from English epoch, German Epoche, French époque, Italian epoca, Polish epoka, Russian эпо́ха (epóxa), all ultimately from Latin epocha, from Ancient Greek ἐποχή (epokhḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈpoko/

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• Rhymes: -oko
• Syllabification: e‧po‧ko

Noun

epoko (accusative singular epokon, plural epokoj, accusative plural epokojn)

2. epoch, age (period of time in history)
   • 2025 November 27, Renée Triolle, “La unua eŭropano, kiu vizitis Tibeton Alexandra David-Néel (1868-1969)”, in uea.facila‎^[1], archived from the original on 23 December 2025:

     Eblas diri, ke ŝi estas "feministo" en epoko, kiam virinoj ankoraŭ ne esperis havi la samajn rajtojn, kiujn havis viroj.

     It's possible to say she was a "feminist" in an epoch, when women didn't yet hope to have the same rights as men did.

Derived terms

nouns

• arĝentepoko (“silver age”)
• bronzepoko (“Bronze Age”)
• ferepoko (“Iron Age”)
• mezepoko (“Middle Ages”)
• orepoko (“golden age”)
• ŝtonepoko (“Stone Age”)

See also

• erao (“era”)

Further reading

• André Cherpillod, “epoko”, in Konciza Etimologia Vortaro [Concise Etymological Dictionary], →ISBN
• “epoko”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “epoko”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026
• Wells, John C. (1992), “epok/o, age”, in Concise Esperanto and English Dictionary‎^[2], →ISBN, pages 71, 169
• Benson, Peter J. (1995), “age, day, era”, in Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary‎^[3], →ISBN, pages 27, 153, 192
• Butler, Montagu C. (1967), “epok-o”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary‎^[4], →OL, page 114
• Motteau, Achille (1907), “epok-o”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary‎^[5], →OCLC, page 33

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈpoko/

Noun

epoko (plural epoki)

1. epoch (period, age in time)

Derived terms

• epokala

See also

• periodo
• tempo