coetaneo

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See also: coetáneo and coetâneo

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin coetāneus, coaetāneus, derived from Classical Latin aetās (“age”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ko.eˈta.ne.o/
  • Rhymes: -aneo
  • Hyphenation: co‧e‧tà‧ne‧o

Adjective

coetaneo (feminine coetanea, masculine plural coetanei, feminine plural coetanee)

  1. (of) the same age; as old as
    Marco e Giovanni sono coetanei. ― Marco and Giovanni are the same age.
  2. (by extension) contemporary (of the same time period)
    Synonym: coevo

Noun

coetaneo m (plural coetanei, feminine coetanea)

  1. a contemporary, a person of the same age
  2. peer

Further reading

  • coetaneo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

coetāneō

  1. dative/ablative singular of coetāneus
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