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Webster 1913 Edition

Era

E′ra

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Eras
(#)
.
[LL.
aera
an era, in earlier usage, the items of an account, counters, pl. of
aes
,
aeris
, brass, money. See
Ore
.]
1.
A fixed point of time, usually an epoch, from which a series of years is reckoned.
The foundation of Solomon’s temple is conjectured by Ideler to have been an
era
.
R. S. Poole.
2.
A period of time reckoned from some particular date or epoch; a succession of years dating from some important event;
as, the
era
of Alexander; the
era
of Christ, or the Christian
era
(see under
Christian
).
The first century of our
era
.
M. Arnold.
3.
A period of time in which a new order of things prevails; a signal stage of history; an epoch.
Syn. – Epoch; time; date; period; age; dispensation. See
Epoch
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Era

E'RA

,
Noun.
[L. oera. The origin of the term is not obvious.]
1.
In chronology, a fixed point of time, from which any number of years is begun to be counted; as the Christian Era. It differs from epoch in this; era is a point of time fixed by some nation or denomination of men; epoch is a point fixed by historians and chronologists. The christian era began at the epoch of the birth of Christ.
2.
A succession of years proceeding from a fixed point, or comprehended between two fixed points. The era of the Seleucides ended with the reign of Antiochus.

Definition 2024

erä

erä

See also: erae and Appendix:Variations of "era"

Finnish

Noun

erä

  1. batch (quantity of anything produced at one operation)
  2. lot (separate portion; a number of things taken collectively)
  3. instalment; short for maksuerä (partial payment)
  4. (accounting) item, entry; short for tilierä
  5. A subdivision of many sports contests. Erä can be a time-limited part of a match between two parties or, where the number of contestants exceeds the capacity of the sports facillity, a qualifying competition between a subset of contestants. The translation into English varies by sport. Examples:
    period in icehockey
    half in soccer
    quarter or half in basketball, depending on rules applied
    round in boxing
    set in tennis, volleyball and other ballgames where the parties are separated by a net
    game in squash
    heat in athletics
    chukker in polo
  6. (rare, hunting) game, catch
  7. (archaic) wilderness, especially one that is good hunting ground.

Declension

Inflection of erä (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative erä erät
genitive erän erien
partitive erää eriä
illative erään eriin
singular plural
nominative erä erät
accusative nom. erä erät
gen. erän
genitive erän erien
eräinrare
partitive erää eriä
inessive erässä erissä
elative erästä eristä
illative erään eriin
adessive erällä erillä
ablative erältä eriltä
allative erälle erille
essive eränä erinä
translative eräksi eriksi
instructive — erin
abessive erättä erittä
comitative — erineen

Synonyms

Derived terms

Compounds

See also

References

  1. ↑ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004-2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. ISBN 951-0-27108-X.

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *erä ‎(“apart”).[1]

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