What does ère in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word ère in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use ère in French.

The word ère in French means era, epoch, period, era, age, era, age, era, AD, the Christian era, geological era, ice age, space age. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word ère

era, epoch, period

nom féminin (époque)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'ère maya a pris fin pour des raisons encore inconnues.
The Mayan era ended for reason that are still unknown.

era, age

nom féminin (époque de changements)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La chute du mur de Berlin a marqué une nouvelle ère.
The fall of the Berlin Wall marked a new era.

era

nom féminin (temps géologique)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les dinosaures vécurent à l'ère secondaire.
The dinosaurs lived in the second era.

age, era

nom féminin (caractéristique d'une civilisation)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Nous vivons à l'ère numérique.
We are living in the digital age.

AD

locution adverbiale (après Jésus-Christ) (Latin, initialism: Anno Domini)

(adverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down.")

the Christian era

nom féminin (période depuis Jésus-Christ)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

geological era

nom féminin (chronologie d'une période historique)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

ice age

nom féminin (période très froide) (prehistoric period)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
À l'ère glaciaire, à cause du froid, les espèces ont du descendre vers l'équateur.

space age

nom féminin (période de conquête de l'espace)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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