Standard Lemma guide

era

name · noun · 14 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • îrʹə
  • Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɪə.ɹə/
  • Australian, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈɪə̯.ɹə ~ ˈɪː.ɹə]
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • New-Zealand: /iə.ɹə/
  • New-Zealand: [ˈi̞ə̯.ɹə ~ ˈiː.ɹə]
  • Scotland: /ˈi.ɾə/
  • Scotland: [ˈiː.ɾə]
  • /ˈɛː.ɹə/ East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
  • [ˈɛ̝.ɹə ~ ˈe̞ː.ɹə] East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
  • Northumbria: /ˈiː.ɹɐ/
  • rhymes with -ɪəɹə
  • homophone: airer (non-rhotic, cheer–chair merger)
  • US: ĕrʹə
  • US: îrʹə
  • US: /ˈɛɹ.ə/
  • US: /ˈɪɚ.ə/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: error (/ˈɛɹ.ə/, non-rhotic)
  • South-Asia: /ˈɛ.ra/
  • South-Asia: [ɛ(ː).ɾäˑ]
  • rhymes with -ɛɹə
  • CMU ARPABET: EH1 R AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: IH1 R AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

Initialism of European Railway Agency, called today the European Union Agency for Railways.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: European-Union, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: railways, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

Initialism of Equal Rights Amendment, a proposed amendment to the US Constitution.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: government, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

Initialism of Employment Rights Act.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A geochronologic unit of tens to hundreds of millions of years; a subdivision of an eon, and subdivided into periods.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

An indefinite period of time in one’s life characterized by a particular interest.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Initialism of Earth rotation angle (the rotation of the Earth from the Celestial Intermediate Origin that has no instantaneous motion along the equator.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Initialism of earned run average, a baseball statistic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

Initialism of electrically reconfigurable array.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

Initialism of explosive reactive armor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

Initialism of engine room artificer, a Royal Navy position.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

(baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness; calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: earned run average

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: standard, criterion, measure, touchstone

13

noun

Meaning 13

a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: geological era

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: geological time, geologic time

Narrower terms: Cenozoic, Cenozoic era, Age of Mammals, Mesozoic, Mesozoic era, Age of Reptiles, Paleozoic, Paleozoic era

14

noun

Meaning 14

a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: epoch

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: time period, period of time, period

Narrower terms: day, historic period, age, modern era, Caliphate, Christian era, Common era

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin aera.

Across languages

Translations

184 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: erë — time period
  • Albanian: mot — time period
  • Arabic: عَصْر (ʕaṣr) — time period
  • Arabic: عُصُور (ʕuṣūr) — time period
  • Arabic: زَمَان (zamān) — time period
  • Armenian: դարաշրջան (darašrǰan) — time period
  • Armenian: ժամանակաշրջան (žamanakašrǰan) — time period
  • Asturian: era — time period
  • Asturian: época — time period
  • Azerbaijani: əsr — time period
  • Azerbaijani: dövr — time period
  • Azerbaijani: era — time period
  • Azerbaijani: zaman — time period
  • Bashkir: дәүер (dəwer) — time period
  • Bashkir: заман (zaman) — time period
  • Belarusian: э́ра (éra) — time period
  • Belarusian: эпо́ха (epóxa) — time period
  • Bengali: যুগ (jug) — time period
  • Bengali: কাল (kal) — time period
  • Bengali: জমানা (jomana) — time period
  • Breton: amzervezh — time period
  • Breton: hoalad — time period
  • Bulgarian: е́ра (éra) — time period
  • Bulgarian: епо́ха (epóha) — time period
  • Burmese: ခေတ် (hket) — time period
  • Burmese: ယုဂ် (yug) — time period
  • Catalan: era — time period
  • Catalan: època — time period
  • Catalan: període — time period
  • Chinese Mandarin: 時代 /时代 (shídài) — time period
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紀元 /纪元 (jìyuán) — time period
  • Czech: éra — time period
  • Czech: epocha — time period
  • Czech: období — time period
  • Danish: æra — time period
  • Dutch: tijdperk — time period
  • Dutch: periode — time period
  • Dutch: era — time period
  • Dutch: tijdrekening — time period
  • Egyptian: r:k-hrw (rk) — time period
  • Esperanto: erao — time period
  • Estonian: ajastu — time period
  • Finnish: aikakausi — time period
  • Finnish: ajanjakso — time period
  • Finnish: aika — time period
  • French: ère — time period
  • French: période — time period
  • French: époque — time period
  • Galician: era — time period
  • Galician: época — time period
  • Georgian: დრო (dro) — time period
  • Georgian: ერა (era) — time period
  • German: Ära — time period
  • German: Epoche — time period
  • Greek: περίοδος (períodos) — time period
  • Greek: εποχή (epochí) — time period
  • Hebrew: עידן \ עִדָּן (idán) — time period
  • Hebrew: תְּקוּפָה (tkufá) — time period
  • Hindi: युग (yug) — time period
  • Hindi: अनुयुग (anuyug) — time period
  • Hindi: ज़माना (zamānā) — time period
  • Hindi: काल (kāl) — time period
  • Hungarian: kor — time period
  • Hungarian: korszak — time period
  • Hungarian: éra — time period
  • Ido: ero — time period
  • Indonesian: era — time period
  • Indonesian: masa — time period
  • Indonesian: jaman — time period
  • Indonesian: periode — time period
  • Italian: era — time period
  • Italian: epoca — time period
  • Japanese: 時代 (jidai) — time period
  • Japanese: 紀元 (kigen) — time period
  • Kabuverdianu: idadi — time period
  • Kazakh: дәуір (däuır) — time period
  • Kazakh: заман (zaman) — time period
  • Khmer: សម័យ (saʼmay) — time period
  • Khmer: កាល (kaal) — time period
  • Khmer: យុគ (yuk) — time period
  • Korean: 시대 (sidae) — time period
  • Korean: 기원 (giwon) — time period
  • Northern Kurdish: dewr — time period
  • Northern Kurdish: zeman — time period
  • Kyrgyz: доор (door) — time period
  • Kyrgyz: эра (era) — time period
  • Kyrgyz: заман (zaman) — time period
  • Lao: ຍຸກ (nyuk) — time period
  • Lao: ສະໃຫມ (sa mai) — time period
  • Lao: ສໄມ (sa mai) — time period
  • Latin: aetas — time period
  • Latvian: ēra — time period
  • Latvian: laikmets — time period
  • Lithuanian: era — time period
  • Macedonian: ера (era) — time period
  • Malay: masa — time period
  • Malay: zaman — time period
  • Malay: tarikh — time period
  • Manchu: ᠠᠨᡳᠶᠠ (aniya) — time period
  • Marathi: काळ (kāḷ) — time period
  • Marathi: युग (yug) — time period
  • Mongolian: цаг (cag) — time period
  • Mongolian: үе (üje) — time period
  • Mongolian: эрин үе (erin üje) — time period
  • Norwegian Bokmål: æra — time period
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tidsalder — time period
  • Norwegian Bokmål: epoke — time period
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tidsepoke — time period
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: æra — time period
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tidsalder — time period
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: epoke — time period
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tidsepoke — time period
  • Pashto: دوره (dawrá) — time period
  • Pashto: عصر (asᶕr) — time period
  • Pashto: زمانه (zamāná, zəmāná) — time period
  • Iranian Persian: عَصْر (asr) — time period
  • Iranian Persian: دُورِه (dowre) — time period
  • Iranian Persian: زَمان (zamân) — time period
  • Iranian Persian: زَمانِه (zamâne) — time period
  • Iranian Persian: دُوران (dowrân) — time period
  • Polish: era — time period
  • Portuguese: era — time period
  • Portuguese: época — time period
  • Romanian: eră — time period
  • Romanian: epocă — time period
  • Romanian: perioadă — time period
  • Russian: э́ра (éra) — time period
  • Russian: эпо́ха (epóxa) — time period
  • Sanskrit: युग (yuga) — time period
  • Serbo-Croatian: е́ра — time period
  • Serbo-Croatian: éra — time period
  • Slovak: obdobie — time period
  • Slovak: éra — time period
  • Slovak: epocha — time period
  • Slovene: era — time period
  • Spanish: época — time period
  • Spanish: era — time period
  • Spanish: período — time period
  • Spanish: evo — time period
  • Swedish: era — time period
  • Swedish: tidevarv — time period
  • Tagalog: higtion — time period
  • Tajik: давр (davr) — time period
  • Tajik: давра (davra) — time period
  • Tajik: аср (asr) — time period
  • Tajik: замон (zamon) — time period
  • Tajik: замона (zamona) — time period
  • Tatar: заман (zaman) — time period
  • Tatar: дәвер (däwer) — time period
  • Telugu: శకం (śakaṁ) — time period
  • Telugu: యుగం (yugaṁ) — time period
  • Thai: สมัย (sà-mǎi) — time period
  • Thai: กาล (gaan) — time period
  • Thai: ยุค (yúk) — time period
  • Turkish: çağ — time period
  • Turkish: devir — time period
  • Turkish: asır — time period
  • Turkish: çığır — time period
  • Turkmen: döwür — time period
  • Turkmen: zaman — time period
  • Udmurt: вапум (vapum) — time period
  • Ukrainian: е́ра (éra) — time period
  • Ukrainian: епо́ха (epóxa) — time period
  • Urdu: زَمانَہ m دَور (zamāna) — time period
  • Urdu: عَصْر ('asr) — time period
  • Urdu: زَمان (zamān) — time period
  • Uyghur: دەۋر (dewr) — time period
  • Uzbek: davr — time period
  • Uzbek: era — time period
  • Uzbek: epoxa — time period
  • Uzbek: asr — time period
  • Uzbek: zamon — time period
  • Vietnamese: thời đại — time period
  • Vietnamese: kỉ nguyên — time period
  • Zazaki: dem (diq) — time period
  • Zazaki: dewr (diq) — time period
  • Arabic: حِقْبَة (ḥiqba) — geochronologic unit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 代 (dài) — geochronologic unit
  • Finnish: maailmankausi — geochronologic unit
  • German: Erdzeitalter — geochronologic unit
  • Hebrew: עִדָּן (idán) — geochronologic unit
  • Swedish: era — geochronologic unit
  • Tagalog: higtion — geochronologic unit
  • Zazaki: serdem — geochronologic unit