coeval

English

Alternative forms

• coæval (archaic)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /kəʊˈiːvəl/
• (US) IPA: /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 (fr), contemporain (fr) m
• German: gleichaltrig (de)
• Icelandic: samaldra (is) m, jafnaldra (is) m
• Manx: co-eash (gv), co-eashagh (gv), uneashagh (gv)

• Russian: одного возраста (ru) (odnovó vózrasta), современный (ru) (sovreménnyj) (contemporary)
• Spanish: coetáneo, contemporáneo
• 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 (bg) (sǎvreménnik) m, съвременница (bg) (sǎvreménnica) f
• Icelandic: samaldri (is) m, jafnaldri (is) m, samtíðarmaður (is) m

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

Anagrams

• alcove