English Explanatory Dictionary

era

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year.
  2. A geochronologic unit of tens to hundreds of millions of years; a subdivision of an eon, and subdivided into periods.
  3. An indefinite period of time in one’s life characterized by a particular interest.
noun
  1. Initialism of Earth rotation angle (the rotation of the Earth from the Celestial Intermediate Origin that has no instantaneous motion along the equator.)
  2. Initialism of earned run average, a baseball statistic.
  3. Initialism of electrically reconfigurable array.
  4. Initialism of explosive reactive armor.
  5. Initialism of engine room artificer, a Royal Navy position.
name
  1. Initialism of European Railway Agency, called today the European Union Agency for Railways.
  2. Initialism of Equal Rights Amendment, a proposed amendment to the US Constitution.
  3. Initialism of Employment Rights Act.

Pronunciation

îrʹə /ˈɪə.ɹə/ [ˈɪə̯.ɹə ~ ˈɪː.ɹə] en-uk-era.ogg /iə.ɹə/ [ˈi̞ə̯.ɹə ~ ˈiː.ɹə] /ˈi.ɾə/ [ˈiː.ɾə] /ˈɛː.ɹə/ [ˈɛ̝.ɹə ~ ˈe̞ː.ɹə] ĕrʹə /ˈɛɹ.ə/ /ˈɪɚ.ə/ En-us-era.ogg /ˈɛ.ra/ [ɛ(ː).ɾäˑ]

Word forms

era eras aera æra

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin aera.

Synonyms

age epoch period cycle day era generation Great Year interval Platonic year time

Derived words

beautiful era bubble era classical era dead-ball era era-defining era name Fleabag era flop era geologic era golden era live-ball era modern era our era Planck era rainbow era

Translations

Albanian: erë Albanian: mot Arabic: عَصْر Arabic: عُصُور Arabic: زَمَان Armenian: դարաշրջան Armenian: ժամանակաշրջան Asturian: era Asturian: época Azerbaijani: əsr Azerbaijani: dövr Azerbaijani: era Azerbaijani: zaman Bashkir: дәүер Bashkir: заман Belarusian: э́ра Belarusian: эпо́ха Bengali: যুগ Bengali: কাল Bengali: জমানা Breton: amzervezh Breton: hoalad Bulgarian: е́ра Bulgarian: епо́ха Burmese: ခေတ် Burmese: ယုဂ် Catalan: era Catalan: època Catalan: període Chinese Mandarin: 時代 /时代 Chinese Mandarin: 紀元 /纪元 Czech: éra Czech: epocha Czech: období Danish: æra Dutch: tijdperk Dutch: periode Dutch: era Dutch: tijdrekening Egyptian: r:k-hrw Esperanto: erao Estonian: ajastu Finnish: aikakausi Finnish: ajanjakso Finnish: aika French: ère French: période French: époque Galician: era Galician: época Georgian: დრო Georgian: ერა German: Ära German: Epoche Greek: περίοδος Greek: εποχή Hebrew: עידן \ עִדָּן Hebrew: תְּקוּפָה Hindi: युग Hindi: अनुयुग Hindi: ज़माना Hindi: काल Hungarian: kor Hungarian: korszak Hungarian: éra Ido: ero Indonesian: era Indonesian: masa Indonesian: jaman Indonesian: periode Italian: era Italian: epoca Japanese: 時代 Japanese: 紀元 Kabuverdianu: idadi Kazakh: дәуір Kazakh: заман Khmer: សម័យ Khmer: កាល Khmer: យុគ Korean: 시대 Korean: 기원 Northern Kurdish: dewr Northern Kurdish: zeman Kyrgyz: доор Kyrgyz: эра Kyrgyz: заман Lao: ຍຸກ Lao: ສະໃໝ Lao: ສໄມ Latin: aetas
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