ère
French, noun/ɛʁ/
ère is spelled È-R-E (3 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written French, the 3,747th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ère is a French feminine noun meaning “era (all meanings)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Point fixe d’où l’on commence à compter les années”.
What does ère mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineera (all meanings)
suffix
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of -er
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Point fixe d’où l’on commence à compter les années. 2. Époque très remarquable où un nouvel ordre de choses s’établit, commence. 3. Subdivision, seconde par durée après l'éon, de l'échelle des temps géologiques.
suffix: 1. Suffixe nominal.
noun: 1. Abréviation d’escadre.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ère
- ères plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ère?
- /ɛʁ/
- \ɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ère
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ère in French?
ère appears 20 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).