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Of the same age or era; contemporary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- Anything coeval with that clock will fetch a hefty price!
- The Baralaba Coal Measures are coeval with the Bandana Formation.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: contemporaneous, coetaneous, coeval, coincident, contemporary, cotemporal, cotemporaneous
Antonyms: none provided
Something of the same era.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The telephone and television are coevals in that film.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Somebody of the same age.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
of the same period
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: coetaneous, contemporaneous
Antonyms: none provided
a person of nearly the same age as another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: contemporary
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: peer, equal, match, compeer
From Late Latin coaevus, from Latin con- (“equal”) + aevum (“age”).
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
njëkohës
— of the same age
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Bulgarian:
съвреме́нен
(sǎvreménen)
— of the same age
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Chinese Mandarin:
同时代的
(tóngshídài de)
— of the same age
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Czech:
vrstevník
— of the same age
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Danish:
samtidig
— of the same age
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Danish:
jævnaldrende
— of the same age
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French:
du même âge
— of the same age
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French:
contemporain
— of the same age
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German:
gleichaltrig
— of the same age
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Greek:
συνομήλικος
(synomílikos)
— of the same age
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Icelandic:
samaldra
— of the same age
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Icelandic:
jafnaldra
— of the same age
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Irish:
comhaosta
— of the same age
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Northern Kurdish:
hevjî
— of the same age
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Manx:
co-eash
— of the same age
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Manx:
co-eashagh
— of the same age
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Manx:
uneashagh
— of the same age
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Old English:
efneald
— of the same age
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Persian:
همسال
(hamsâl)
— of the same age
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Portuguese:
coetâneo
— of the same age
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Portuguese:
contemporâneo
— of the same age
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Portuguese:
coevo
— of the same age
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Russian:
одного́ во́зраста
(odnovó vózrasta)
— of the same age
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Russian:
совреме́нный
(sovreménnyj)
— of the same age
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Russian:
рове́сник
(rovésnik)
— of the same age
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Spanish:
coetáneo
— of the same age
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Spanish:
etario
— of the same age
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ǃXóõ:
ǃnāã
— of the same age
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Czech:
současník
— of the same era
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Spanish:
coetáneo
— of the same era
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Spanish:
coevo
— of the same era
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Bulgarian:
съвреме́нник
(sǎvreménnik)
— something of the same era
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Bulgarian:
съвреме́нница
(sǎvreménnica)
— something of the same era
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Greek:
σύγχρονος
(sýnchronos)
— something of the same era
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Icelandic:
samaldri
— something of the same era
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Icelandic:
jafnaldri
— something of the same era
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Icelandic:
samtíðarmaður
— something of the same era
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Manx:
co-eash
— something of the same era
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Russian:
совреме́нник
(sovreménnik)
— something of the same era
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Russian:
совреме́нница
(sovreménnica)
— something of the same era
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Spanish:
coevo
— something of the same era
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Czech:
vrstevník
— somebody of the same age
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Irish:
comhaois
— somebody of the same age
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Manx:
co-eash
— somebody of the same age
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Russian:
све́рстник
(svérstnik)
— somebody of the same age
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Russian:
рове́сник
(rovésnik)
— somebody of the same age
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Scottish Gaelic:
comhaois
— somebody of the same age
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Spanish:
coetáneo
— somebody of the same age