era

ère, époque

Longue période caractérisée par certains événements, personnages ou modes de vie.

En anglais simple : A long period of time known for particular events, people, or ways of life.

• We live in a digital era.
• The railway marked the beginning of a new era.
• These paintings come from different eras.

Comment l'utiliser : era of something (The invention began an era of rapid change.)

Synonymes : age, period, epoch

Expressions courantes : a new era, digital era, Victorian era

ère géologique

Grande division de l’histoire terrestre, représentée par des roches formées pendant des millions d’années.

En anglais simple : A major division of Earth's history, represented by rocks formed over many millions of years.

• Dinosaurs lived during the Mesozoic era.
• These rocks formed in an earlier geological era.
• Scientists divide eras into smaller periods.

Expressions courantes : Mesozoic era, geological era, Paleozoic era