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

• area

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

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaiːra/

  Rhymes: -aiːra

Etymology 1

Noun

æra f ‎(genitive singular æru, nominative plural ærur)

1. reputation, honour

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

• ærandi

Etymology 3

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

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• æren

Noun

æra m, f

1. definite feminine singular of ære

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• æret

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

Etymology 2

Noun

æra f

1. definite singular of ære