æra

See also: aera, aerá, aéra, aerã, ära, aera-, and Appendix:Variations of "era"

English

Noun

æra (plural æras)

  1. Obsolete spelling of era
    • 1798, Pierre Simon La Place, Exposition du Système du Monde (translated as “on the System of the World”), chapter III: “on Time, and its measure”, quoted in 1799 in The Monthly Review, new and improved, page 500:
      It is desirable that all people should adopt one and the same æra, independant of moral revolutions, and founded solely on astronomical phænomena.

Anagrams


Danish

Noun

æra c (singular definite æraen, plural indefinite æraer)

  1. era

Inflection


Faroese

Noun

æra f (genitive singular æru, uncountable)

  1. honor (UK, honour)

Declension

Declension of æra (singular only)
f1s singular
indefinite definite
nominative æra æran
accusative æru æruna
dative æru æruni
genitive æru ærunnar

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaiːra/
    Rhymes: -aiːra

Noun

æra f (genitive singular æru, nominative plural ærur)

  1. reputation, honour
Declension
Derived terms

Verb

æra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ærði, supine ært)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to drive crazy
Conjugation
Derived terms

Adjective

æra

  1. inflection of ær:
    1. masculine accusative plural
    2. feminine accusative singular

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Latin aera.

Noun

æra m (definite singular æraen, indefinite plural æraer, definite plural æraene)

  1. era

Alternative forms

Noun

æra m sg or f sg

  1. definite feminine singular of ære

Alternative forms

Verb

æra

  1. simple past of ære
  2. past participle of ære

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Latin aera.

Noun

æra m (definite singular æraen, indefinite plural æraer or æraar, definite plural æraene or æraane)

  1. era

Noun

æra f sg

  1. definite singular of ære
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