era

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English

Alternative forms

• æra (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin aera.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: îʹrə; IPA^(key): /ˈɪə.ɹə/, [ˈɪə̯.ɹə]

  • Audio (UK):

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  • Rhymes: -ɪəɹə
• (US) enPR: ĕrʹə, îrʹə; IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹ.ə/, /ˈɪɚ.ə/

  • Audio (US):

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  • Homophone: error (non-rhotic)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɹə

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^[2], 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.
3. (Internet slang) A person's current interests

   I'm in my fitness era.

Synonyms

• (time period of indeterminate length): age, epoch, period
• See also Thesaurus:era

Hyponyms

• (cosmological time unit): stelliferous era, degenerate era, black hole era
• (geochronologic unit): Cenozoic era, erathem, Mesozoic era, Paleozoic era

Coordinate terms

• (geological time units) supereon, aeon/eon, era, period, epoch, age/sub-epoch

Derived terms

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

 

Translations

time period

• Albanian: erë (sq) f, epokë (sq) f
• Arabic: عَصْر (ar) m (ʕaṣr), عُصُور (ar) m pl (ʕuṣūr), زَمَان (ar) m (zamān)
• Armenian: դարաշրջան (hy) (darašrǰan), ժամանակաշրջան (hy) (žamanakašrǰan)
• Asturian: era (ast) f, época (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: əsr (az), dövr (az), era, zaman (az)
• Bashkir: дәүер (dəwer), заман (zaman)
• Belarusian: э́ра f (éra), эпо́ха f (epóxa)
• Bengali: যুগ (bn) (jug), কাল (bn) (kal), জমানা (bn) (jomana)
• Breton: amzervezh f, hoalad m
• Bulgarian: е́ра (bg) f (éra), епо́ха (bg) f (epóha)
• Burmese: ခေတ် (my) (hket), ယုဂ် (my) (yug)
• Catalan: era (ca) f, època (ca) f, període (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 時代／时代 (zh) (shídài), 紀元／纪元 (zh) (jìyuán)

• Czech: éra (cs) f, epocha f, období (cs) n
• Danish: æra c
• Dutch: tijdperk (nl) n, periode (nl) f, era (nl) m, tijdrekening (nl) f
• Egyptian: (rk)
• Esperanto: erao
• Estonian: ajastu (et)
• Finnish: aikakausi (fi), ajanjakso (fi), aika (fi)
• French: ère (fr) f, période (fr) f, époque (fr) f
• Galician: era (gl) f, época (gl) f
• Georgian: დრო (ka) (dro), ერა (era)
• German: Ära (de) f, Epoche (de) f
• Greek: περίοδος (el) f (períodos), εποχή (el) f (epochí)
• Hebrew: עידן \ עִדָּן (he) m (idán), תְּקוּפָה (he) f (tkufá)
• Hindi: युग (hi) m (yug), अनुयुग m (anuyug), ज़माना m (zamānā), काल (hi) m (kāl)
• Hungarian: kor (hu), korszak (hu), éra (hu)
• Ido: ero (io)
• Indonesian: era (id), masa (id), jaman (id), periode (id)
• Italian: era (it) f, epoca (it) f
• Japanese: 時代 (ja) (じだい, jidai), 紀元 (ja) (きげん, kigen)
• Kabuverdianu: idadi
• Kazakh: дәуір (däuır), заман (zaman)
• Khmer: សម័យ (km) (saʼmay), កាល (km) (kaal), យុគ (km) (yuk)
• Korean: 시대(時代) (ko) (sidae), 기원(紀元) (ko) (giwon)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: dewr (ku), zeman (ku)

• Kyrgyz: доор (ky) (door), эра (era), заман (ky) (zaman)
• Lao: ຍຸກ (nyuk), ສະໃໝ (sa mai), ສໄມ (sa mai)
• Latin: aetas (la) f
• Latvian: ēra f, laikmets m
• Lithuanian: era (lt) f
• Macedonian: ера f (era)
• Malay: masa (ms), zaman (ms), tarikh (ms)
• Marathi: काळ m (kāḷ), युग n (yug)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: цаг (mn) (cag), үе (mn) (üje), эрин үе (erin üje)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: æra (no) m, tidsalder m, epoke (no) m, tidsepoke m

  Nynorsk: æra m, tidsalder m, epoke m, tidsepoke m

• Pashto: دوره (ps) f (dawrá), عصر (ps) m (asᶕr), زمانه (ps) f (zamāná, zəmāná)
• Persian: عصر (fa) ('asr), دوره (fa) (davre), زمان (fa) (zamân), زمانه (fa) (zamâne)
• Polish: era (pl) f
• Portuguese: era (pt) f, época (pt) f
• Romanian: eră (ro) f, epocă (ro) f, perioadă (ro) f
• Russian: э́ра (ru) f (éra), эпо́ха (ru) f (epóxa)
• Sanskrit: युग (sa) n (yuga)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: е́ра f

  Roman: éra (sh) f

• Slovak: obdobie n, éra (sk) f, epocha (sk) f
• Slovene: era f
• Spanish: época (es) f, era (es) f, período (es) m
• Swedish: era (sv) c, tidevarv (sv) n
• Tagalog: higtion
• Tajik: давр (davr), давра (davra), аср (asr), замон (tg) (zamon), замона (zamona)
• Tatar: заман (tt) (zaman), дәвер (tt) (däwer)
• Telugu: శకం (te) (śakaṁ), యుగం (te) (yugaṁ)
• Thai: สมัย (th) (sà-mǎi), กาล (th) (gaan), ยุค (th) (yúk)
• Turkish: çağ (tr), devir (tr), asır (tr)
• Turkmen: döwür, zaman (tk)
• Ukrainian: е́ра (uk) f (éra), епо́ха (uk) f (epóxa)
• Urdu: زمانہ m (zamāna), دور m (daur), عصر m ('asar)
• Uyghur: دەۋر (dewr)
• Uzbek: davr (uz), era (uz), epoxa (uz), asr (uz), zamon (uz)
• Vietnamese: thời đại (vi) (時代), kỉ nguyên (vi) (紀元)
• Zazaki: dem (diq), dewr (diq)

geochronologic unit

• Arabic: حِقْبَة f (ḥiqba)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 代 (zh) (dài)

• Finnish: maailmankausi (fi)
• German: Erdzeitalter (de) n
• Hebrew: עִדָּן (he) m (idán)
• Swedish: era (sv) c
• Tagalog: higtion
• Zazaki: serdem

Further reading

• era on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• 'ear, Åre, ear, Rea, rea, EAR, REA, aer-, A.R.E., ReA, ARE, aër-, Are, Aer, are, Rae

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin aera.

Noun

era f (plural eres)

1. era (time period)

Synonyms

• época

Azerbaijani

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

era (definite accusative eranı, plural eralar)

1. era

   yeni eraya qədəm qoymaq ― to enter a new era

   eramızdan əvvəl ― before 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

• Audio:

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Noun

era inan

1. manner

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈe.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈe.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa

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

• “era” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “era”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

Chuukese

Verb

era

1. (intransitive) to say

Related terms

• ereni

Creek

Pronunciation

• (Oklahoma) IPA^(key): [ɪɬɑ́ˑ]
• Hyphenation: e‧ra

Noun

era

1. his/her back

Inflection

Possessive inflection of era (inalienable)

	Singular	Plural
First person	cvra	pora
Second person	cera
Third person	era
Indefinite	estera

References

• J. B. Martin, M. McKane Mauldrin (2004) A dictionary of Creek/Muscogee, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 31
• J. B. Martin (2011) A grammar of Creek (Muscogee), University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 134

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.raː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: era
• Rhymes: -eːraː

Noun

era f (plural era's)

1. era, age, epoch

   Synonyms: eeuw, tijdperk

2. (dated) era, calendar

   Synonym: jaartelling

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈera]
• Rhymes: -era
• Hyphenation: er‧a

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɛra
• Hyphenation: è‧ra

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
   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[3], lines 10–12; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[4], 2^nd 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

• -are, Rea, are, rea

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

• hera

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ra/, [ˈɛrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ra/, [ˈɛːrä]

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

Conjunction

era

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

See also

• ne

References

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

Mirandese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ɾɐ/

Verb

era

1. first/third-person singular imperfect of ser

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

era

1. (archaic or dialectal) plural present of vera

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Gascony):

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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

• unēra

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “ēra”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Verb

era

1. imperative singular of erian

Old High German

FWOTD – 7 April 2014

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.ra/

Noun

ēra f

1. honour
2. renown
3. respect

Declension

Declension of ēra (ō-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	ēra	ērā
accusative	ēra	ērā
genitive	ēra	ērōno
dative	ēru	ērōm

Descendants

• German: Ehre

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛː.rɑ/

Noun

ēra f

1. honour
2. renown
3. glory

Declension

Declension of era (feminine ō-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	era	era
accusative	era	era
genitive	era, eru, ero	erono
dative	eru, ero, era	eron, erum, erun
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• Middle Low German: ēre
  • → Old Norse: æra
    • Danish: ære
    • Icelandic: æra
    • Faroese: æra
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: ære
    • Norwegian Bokmål: ære
    • Swedish: ära

Old Tupi

Etymology

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

Cognate with Guaraní téra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ɾa/
• Rhymes: -ɛɾa
• Hyphenation: e‧ra

Noun

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

1. name

Derived terms

• er
• erakûatiasaba
• erakûatiasaba
• erapûana
• ere'yma

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: era
• →⇒ Portuguese: xará

References

• Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de tupi antigo: gramática, exercícios, textos [Course of Old Tupi: Grammar, Exercises, Texts]‎^[5] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “era”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 109, column 1

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛra
• Syllabification: e‧ra

Noun

era f

1. era

Declension

Declension of era

	singular	plural
nominative	era	ery
genitive	ery	er
dative	erze	erom
accusative	erę	ery
instrumental	erą	erami
locative	erze	erach
vocative	ero	ery

Related terms

• n.e.
• p.n.e.

 

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ
• Homophones: hera, Hera
• Hyphenation: e‧ra

• Audio (Brazil):

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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

• era antropozóica
• era cenozóica
• era cristã
• era da pedra
• era da pedra lascada
• era da pedra polida
• era digital
• era do bronze
• era do ferro
• era mesozóica
• era paleozóica
• era proterozóica

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

Rapa Nui demonstratives

Demonstrative determiners
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

References

• Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 145
• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎^[6], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 194

Romanian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jeˈra]

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈera]

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

• icyumweru / icumweru (“week”)
• umwera (“white person”)
• umweru (“something white”)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin aera.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

éra f (Cyrillic spelling е́ра)

1. era

Declension

Declension of era

	singular	plural
nominative	éra	ere
genitive	ere	ȇrā
dative	eri	erama
accusative	eru	ere
vocative	ero	ere
locative	eri	erama
instrumental	erom	erama

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɾa/ [ˈe.ɾa]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• 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

• estaba

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Late Latin aera.

Noun

era f (plural eras)

1. era, age

   la Nueva Era ― New Age

2. (geology) era

Derived terms

• era común
• era cristiana
• era de César
• era de Cristo

 

Etymology 3

Inherited from Latin ārea. Compare the borrowed doublet área.

Noun

era f (plural eras)

1. threshing floor
2. tipple

Further reading

• “era”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eːra/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: e‧ra

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• edra (archaic)

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

Swedish personal pronouns

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

¹Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, though it remains limited.

²Informal

³Colloquial pronunciation spelling.

⁴Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.

⁵Informal, somewhat dialectal

⁶Formal address

⁷Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council

Etymology 2

From Latin aera.

Noun

era c

1. era

Declension

Declension of era

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	era	eras
	definite	eran	erans
plural	indefinite	eror	erors
	definite	erorna	erornas

Anagrams

• -are, rea

Tause

Noun

era

1. water

See also

• ira (Weirate and Deirate dialects)

References

• 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