era
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- æra (archaic)
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Late Latin aera.
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) enPR: îʹrə; IPA(key): /ˈɪə.ɹə/, [ˈɪə̯.ɹə]
- (US) enPR: ĕrʹə, îrʹə; IPA(key): /ˈɛɹ.ə/, /ˈɪɚ.ə/
Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: error (in non-rhotic accents)
- Rhymes: -ɛɹə
NounEdit
era (plural eras)
- A time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess[1]:
- 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 1, Philip E. Mirowski, “Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits”, in American Scientist[2], volume 100, number 1, 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.
- (geology) A geochronologic unit of tens to hundreds of millions of years; a subdivision of an eon, and subdivided into periods.
SynonymsEdit
- (time period of indeterminate length): age, epoch, period
- See also Thesaurus:era
HyponymsEdit
- (cosmological time unit): stelliferous era, degenerate era, black hole era
- (geochronologic unit): Cenozoic era, erathem, Mesozoic era, Paleozoic era
Coordinate termsEdit
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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AnagramsEdit
AsturianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Late Latin aera.
NounEdit
era f (plural eres)
- era (time period)
SynonymsEdit
AzerbaijaniEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Russian э́ра (éra), ultimately from Late Latin aera.
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
NounEdit
era (definite accusative eranı, plural eralar)
- era
- yeni eraya qədəm qoymaq ― to enter a new era
- eramızdan əvvəl ― before the commonera
DeclensionEdit
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 |
Further readingEdit
- “era” in Obastan.com.
BasqueEdit
NounEdit
era inan
CatalanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Late Latin aera.
NounEdit
era f (plural eres)
Etymology 2Edit
Inherited from Latin ārea (“open space; threshing floor”). Compare the borrowed doublet àrea.
NounEdit
era f (plural eres)
- Small section of arable land destined for cultivation.
Etymology 3Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
VerbEdit
era
- first-person singular imperfect indicative form of ser
- third-person singular imperfect indicative form of ser
Further readingEdit
- “era” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “era”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “era” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “era” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
ChuukeseEdit
VerbEdit
era
- (intransitive) to say
Related termsEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
era f (plural era's)
EsperantoEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
era (accusative singular eran, plural eraj, accusative plural erajn)
- adjective form of ero (“bit, piece”).
FalaEdit
VerbEdit
era
- first-person singular imperfect indicative of sel (“to be”)
- 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.
GalicianEdit
VerbEdit
era
InterlinguaEdit
NounEdit
era (plural eras)
VerbEdit
era
- optional irregular past tense form of esser ("to be")
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Late Latin aera.
NounEdit
era f (plural ere)
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
era
Etymology 3Edit
VerbEdit
era
- (obsolete) Alternative form of ero, first-person singular imperfect indicative of essere
AnagramsEdit
LadinoEdit
VerbEdit
era (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אירה)
LatinEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
era f (genitive erae, masculine erus); first declension
- mistress (of a house, with respect to the servants)
DeclensionEdit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | era | erae |
Genitive | erae | erārum |
Dative | erae | erīs |
Accusative | eram | erās |
Ablative | erā | erīs |
Vocative | era | erae |
LugandaEdit
ConjunctionEdit
era
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
The Essentials of Luganda, J. D. Chesswas, 4th edition. Oxford University Press: Nairobi. 1967, p. 95.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
VerbEdit
era
OccitanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (Gascon) (file)
ArticleEdit
era f
PronounEdit
era
Old DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō.
NounEdit
ēra f
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “ēra”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old High GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō, whence also Old English ār, Old Norse eir.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ēra f
DeclensionEdit
case | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | ēra | ērā |
accusative | ēra | ērā |
genitive | ēra | ērōno |
dative | ēru | ērōm |
DescendantsEdit
- German: Ehre
ReferencesEdit
- Henry Frowde, An Old High German Primer
- Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer with grammar, notes and glossary, Second Edition
Old SaxonEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *aiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aizō, whence also Old English ār, Old Norse eir.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ēra f
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | era | era |
accusative | era | era |
genitive | era, eru, ero | erono |
dative | eru, ero, era | eron, erum, erun |
instrumental | — | — |
Old TupiEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
era
Usage notesEdit
- The stem era could never be used inside a sentence without a prefix. The absolute form tera was used whenever the noun was not possessed.
ReferencesEdit
- LEMOS BARBOSA, A. Curso de Tupi antigo. Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, 1956.
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
era f
DeclensionEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ
- Homophones: hera, Hera
- Hyphenation: e‧ra
Audio (Brazil) (file)
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Late Latin aera.
NounEdit
era f (plural eras)
- era (time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year)
- Synonym: época
- (archaeology) age (period of human prehistory)
- Synonym: idade
- (geology) era (unit of time, smaller than aeons and greater than periods)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Latin eram and erat.
VerbEdit
era
Rapa NuiEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *e-la. Cognates include Tuamotuan era and Maori ērā.
PronunciationEdit
DeterminerEdit
era
- that
- Te vaka era. ― That canoe.
See alsoEdit
Demonstrative determiners | ||||
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Neutral | Proximal | Medial | Distal | |
tū, hū1) | nei, nī2) | nā | rā | |
Postnuclear demonstratives | ||||
Neutral | Proximal | Medial | Distal | |
— | nei | ena | era | |
Demonstrative pronouns | ||||
Neutral | Proximal | Medial | Distal | |
ira | nei | nā | rā | |
Demonstrative locationals | ||||
Neutral | Proximal | Medial | Distal | |
— | nei | nā | rā | |
1) Emphatic 2) Rare |
ReferencesEdit
RomanianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
era
- third-person singular imperfect indicative of fi: he/she was (being)
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
era f
Rwanda-RundiEdit
VerbEdit
-êra (infinitive kwêra, perfective -êze)
Derived termsEdit
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Late Latin aera.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
éra f (Cyrillic spelling е́ра)
DeclensionEdit
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
VerbEdit
era
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from Late Latin aera.
NounEdit
era f (plural eras)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
Inherited from Latin ārea. Compare the borrowed doublet área.
NounEdit
era f (plural eras)
Further readingEdit
- “era”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
SwedishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse yðr, yðar, from Proto-Germanic *izwiz.
Alternative formsEdit
- edra (archaic)
PronounEdit
era (singular form er)
- your, yours (multiple owners of more than one object)
- you (only in this use:)
- Era jävla idioter!
- You bloody idiots!
- Era små fan!
- You little bastards!
DeclensionEdit
Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
common | neuter | plural | |||||
singular | first | — | jag | mig, mej3 | min | mitt | mina |
second | — | du | dig, dej3 | din | ditt | dina | |
third | masculine (person) | han | honom, han2, en5 | hans | |||
feminine (person) | hon | henne, na5 | hennes | ||||
gender-neutral (person)1 | hen | hen, henom7 | hens | ||||
common (noun) | den | den | dess | ||||
neuter (noun) | det | det | dess | ||||
indefinite | man or en4 | en | ens | ||||
reflexive | — | sig, sej3 | sin | sitt | sina | ||
plural | first | — | vi | oss | vår, våran2 | vårt, vårat2 | våra |
second | — | ni | er | er, eran2, ers6 | ert, erat2 | era | |
archaic | I | eder | eder, eders6 | edert | edra | ||
third | — | de, dom3 | dem, dom3 | deras | |||
reflexive | — | sig, sej3 | sin | sitt | sina |
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
era c
DeclensionEdit
Declension of era | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | era | eran | eror | erorna |
Genitive | eras | erans | erors | erornas |
AnagramsEdit
TauseEdit
NounEdit
era
See alsoEdit
- ira (Weirate and Deirate dialects)
ReferencesEdit
- Duane A. Clouse, 1997, Toward a reconstruction and reclassification of the Lakes Plain languages of Irian Jaya, In Karl J. Franklin (ed.), Papers in Papuan linguistics No. 2, 133-236. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, page 172