era

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin aera.

Pronunciation

Noun

era (plural eras)

  1. A time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
      Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.
    • 2012 January, Philip E. Mirowski, “Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 4 April 2012, page 87:
      In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.
  2. (geology) A geochronologic unit of tens to hundreds of millions of years; a subdivision of an eon, and subdivided into periods.

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Hyponyms

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

Anagrams

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin aera.

Noun

era f (plural eres)

  1. era (time period)

Synonyms

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian э́ра (éra), ultimately from Late Latin aera.

Pronunciation

Noun

era (definite accusative eranı, plural eralar)

  1. era
    yeni eraya qədəm qoymaqto enter a new era
    eramızdan əvvəlbefore the commonera

Declension

    Declension of era
singular plural
nominative era
eralar
definite accusative eranı
eraları
dative eraya
eralara
locative erada
eralarda
ablative eradan
eralardan
definite genitive eranın
eraların
    Possessive forms of era
nominative
singular plural
mənim (my) eram eralarım
sənin (your) eran eraların
onun (his/her/its) erası eraları
bizim (our) eramız eralarımız
sizin (your) eranız eralarınız
onların (their) erası or eraları eraları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (my) eramı eralarımı
sənin (your) eranı eralarını
onun (his/her/its) erasını eralarını
bizim (our) eramızı eralarımızı
sizin (your) eranızı eralarınızı
onların (their) erasını or eralarını eralarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (my) erama eralarıma
sənin (your) erana eralarına
onun (his/her/its) erasına eralarına
bizim (our) eramıza eralarımıza
sizin (your) eranıza eralarınıza
onların (their) erasına or eralarına eralarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (my) eramda eralarımda
sənin (your) eranda eralarında
onun (his/her/its) erasında eralarında
bizim (our) eramızda eralarımızda
sizin (your) eranızda eralarınızda
onların (their) erasında or eralarında eralarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (my) eramdan eralarımdan
sənin (your) erandan eralarından
onun (his/her/its) erasından eralarından
bizim (our) eramızdan eralarımızdan
sizin (your) eranızdan eralarınızdan
onların (their) erasından or eralarından eralarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (my) eramın eralarımın
sənin (your) eranın eralarının
onun (his/her/its) erasının eralarının
bizim (our) eramızın eralarımızın
sizin (your) eranızın eralarınızın
onların (their) erasının or eralarının eralarının

Further reading

  • era” in Obastan.com.

Basque

Pronunciation

Noun

era inan

  1. manner

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin aera.

Noun

era f (plural eres)

  1. era (time period)
    Synonym: època

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin ārea (open space; threshing floor). Compare the borrowed doublet àrea.

Noun

era f (plural eres)

  1. small section of arable land destined for cultivation

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

era

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ser
  2. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ésser

Further reading

Chuukese

Verb

era

  1. (intransitive) to say

Related terms

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aera.

Pronunciation

Noun

era f (plural era's)

  1. era, age, epoch
    Synonyms: eeuw, tijdperk
  2. (dated) era, calendar
    Synonym: jaartelling

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Adjective

era (accusative singular eran, plural eraj, accusative plural erajn)

  1. adjective form of ero (“bit, piece”).

Fala

Verb

era

  1. first-person singular imperfect indicative of sel (to be)
  2. third-person singular imperfect indicative of sel (to be)
    • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme IV, Chapter 1: Non Diptongación da “E” i a “O” en Nossa Fala:
      Tampocu era normal en o leonés antiguu, según os estudius dos escritus i textus estudiaus, por ejemplu por Menéndez Pidal, quen tamén viñu i estudió o mañegu.
      Neither was it normal in Old Leonese, according to studies of the writings and the texts studied, by Menéndez Pidal for example, who also came and studied Mañego.

Galician

Verb

era

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ser

Interlingua

Noun

era (plural eras)

  1. era

Verb

era

  1. optional irregular past tense form of esser ("to be")

Italian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin aera.

Noun

era f (plural ere)

  1. age, epoch, period
    Synonyms: epoca, età
  2. (geology) era

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin erat.

Verb

era

  1. third-person singular imperfect indicative of essere

Etymology 3

From Latin eram.

Verb

era

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of ero, first-person singular imperfect indicative of essere
    • mid 1300smid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 10–12; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      Io non so ben ridir com’i’ v’intrai, ¶ tant’era pien di sonno a quel punto ¶ che la verace via abbandonai.
      I cannot well repeat how there I entered, ⁠¶ ⁠So full was I of slumber at the moment ¶ ⁠In which I had abandoned the true way.

Anagrams

Ladino

Verb

era (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אירה)

  1. first-person singular imperfect indicative of ser
  2. third-person singular imperfect indicative of ser

Latin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

era f (genitive erae, masculine erus); first declension

  1. mistress (of a house, with respect to the servants)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative era erae
Genitive erae erārum
Dative erae erīs
Accusative eram erās
Ablative erā erīs
Vocative era erae

Luganda

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Conjunction

era

  1. and then (only used for occurrences in chronological order)

See also

References

The Essentials of Luganda, J. D. Chesswas, 4th edition. Oxford University Press: Nairobi. 1967, p. 95.

Mirandese

Pronunciation

Verb

era

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect of ser

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

era

  1. (archaic or dialectal) plural present of vera

Occitan

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Article

era f

  1. feminine singular of eth

Pronoun

era

  1. (Gascony) she

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō.

Noun

ēra f

  1. honour
  2. dignity

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: êre
    • Dutch: eer
      • Afrikaans: eer
      • Negerhollands: eer
    • Limburgish: ieër

Further reading

  • ēra”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō, whence also Old English ār, Old Norse eir.

Pronunciation

Noun

ēra f

  1. honour
  2. renown
  3. respect

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Henry Frowde, An Old High German Primer
  • Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer with grammar, notes and glossary, Second Edition

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō, whence also Old English ār, Old Norse eir.

Pronunciation

Noun

ēra f

  1. honour
  2. renown
  3. glory

Declension


Descendants

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *teT, from Proto-Tupian *jeT.

Cognate with Guaraní téra.

Pronunciation

Noun

era (IIa class pluriform, absolute tera, R1 rera, R2 sera) (possessable)

  1. name

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB

References

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English era, French ère, German Ära, ultimately from Late Latin aera.

Pronunciation

Noun

era f

  1. era

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

  • era in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • era in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin aera.

Noun

era f (plural eras)

  1. era (time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year)
    Synonym: época
  2. (archaeology) age (period of human prehistory)
    Synonym: idade
  3. (geology) era (unit of time, smaller than aeons and greater than periods)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

era

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ser

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *e-la. Cognates include Tuamotuan era and Maori ērā.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈe.ɾa/
  • Hyphenation: e‧ra

Determiner

era

  1. that
    Te vaka era.That canoe.

See also

References

  • Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 145
  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 194

Romanian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

era

  1. third-person singular imperfect indicative of fi: he/she was (being)
    el era pierdut
    he was lost
    el era sarcastic
    he was being sarcastic

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

era f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of eră

Rwanda-Rundi

Verb

-êra (infinitive kwêra, perfective -êze)

  1. be white
  2. be pure, be innocent
  3. be holy
  4. be ripe

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin aera.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ěːra/
  • Hyphenation: e‧ra

Noun

éra f (Cyrillic spelling е́ра)

  1. era

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeɾa/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾa
  • Syllabification: e‧ra

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

era

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ser

See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Late Latin aera.

Noun

era f (plural eras)

  1. era, age
    la Nueva EraNew Age
  2. (geology) era
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Inherited from Latin ārea. Compare the borrowed doublet área.

Noun

era f (plural eras)

  1. threshing floor
  2. tipple

Further reading

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse yðr, yðar, from Proto-Germanic *izwiz.

Alternative forms

Pronoun

era (singular form er)

  1. your, yours (multiple owners of more than one object)
  2. you (only in this use:)
    Era jävla idioter!
    You bloody idiots!
    Era små fan!
    You little bastards!
Declension

Etymology 2

From Latin aera.

Noun

era c

  1. era
Declension
Declension of era 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative era eran eror erorna
Genitive eras erans erors erornas

Anagrams

Tause

Noun

era

  1. water

See also

  • ira (Weirate and Deirate dialects)

References