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Iron Age
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iron age
English
Etymology
From en iron + en age, in the mythological sense a en la saecula ferrea 1, la aetas ferrea; in the archaeological sense a en da jernalder 1.
Pronunciation
en /ˈʌɪən eɪdʒ/ UK
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Proper noun
Iron Age 1
en mythology The most recent and debased of the four or five classical Ages of Man; hence, any period characterized by wicked behavior. from 16th c.
2nd II 1 3 He that shall examine this iron age wherein we live, where love is cold […] may well ask where is charity?
An age characterized by the use of iron. from 16th c.
en archaeology A level of culture in which humans used iron and the technology of ironworking. Estimated to have begun in Europe about 1100 BC from 19th c.
Coordinate terms
archaeology en Stone Age, en Bronze Age
mythology en Golden Age, en Silver Age, en Bronze Age, en Heroic Age
Translations
archaeology
Altai:
Southern Altai: alt темир чак
Arabic: ar عَصْر اَلْحَدِيد m
Armenian: hy երկաթի դար
Asturian: ast Edá del Fierro m
Burmese: my သံခေတ်
Catalan: ca edat del ferro f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 鐵器時代 Tiěqì Shídài
Czech: cs doba železná f
Danish: da jernalder c
Dutch: nl ijzertijd m
Erzya: myv кшнибинге
Estonian: et rauaaeg
Finnish: fi rautakausi
French: fr âge du fer m
Galician: gl idade do ferro f
Georgian: ka რკინის ხანა
German: de Eisenzeit f
Greek: el Εποχή του Σιδήρου f
Hindi: hi लौह युग m
Hungarian: hu vaskor
Irish: ga Iarannaois f an Iarannaois
Italian: it età del ferro f
Japanese: ja 鉄器時代 てっきじだい, Tekki Jidai
Kazakh: kk темір дәуірі
Korean: ko ^철기 시대(鐵器時代)
Latvian: lv dzelzs laikmets m
Limburgish: li iezertied m
Macedonian: mk железно време n
Malay: ms Zaman Besi
Norman: nrf Âge dé Fé m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb jernalder m
Nynorsk: nn jarnalder m, nn jernalder m
Polish: pl epoka żelaza f
Portuguese: pt idade do ferro f, pt Idade do Ferro f
Romanian: ro epoca fierului f, ro epoca de fier f
Russian: ru желе́зный век m
Spanish: es Edad del Hierro f
Swahili: sw Zama za Chuma
Swedish: sv järnålder c
Turkish: tr Demir Çağı
Vietnamese: vi thời đại đồ sắt
Welsh: cy Oes yr Haearn f
Zazaki: zza Dorê asıni
mythology
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 鐵器時代 Tiěqì Shídài
Danish: da jernalder c
Dutch: nl ijzertijd m
Estonian: et rauaaeg
Finnish: fi rautakausi
French: fr âge du fer m
Galician: gl idade do ferro
Irish: ga Iarannaois f an Iarannaois
Korean: ko 철의 시대 철(鐵)-의 시대(時代)
Limburgish: li iezertied m
Macedonian: mk железно време n
Malay: ms Zaman Besi
Norman: nrf Âge dé Fé m
Norwegian: no jernalder m
Polish: pl epoka żelaza f
Portuguese: pt idade do ferro f, pt Idade do Ferro f
Russian: ru желе́зный век m
Zazaki: zza Demê asıni
Esperanto: eo ferepoko
Galician: gl idade de Ferro
Hebrew: he תקופת הברזל
Italian: it età del ferro
Japanese: ja 鉄器時代 tekki-jidai
Kabuverdianu:
Badiu: kea Idadi du Ferru m
Fogo: kea Idade du Ferro m
São Vicente: kea Idad' d' Ferr' m
Latin: la etas ferrum
Lithuanian: lt geležies amžius
Low German: nds Iesentiet
Maltese: mt Żmien il-Ħadid
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh гвоздено доба
Latin: sh gvozdeno doba
Sicilian: scn Etati dû Ferru
Slovene: sl Železna doba
Spanish: es Edad de Hierro m
See also
Ages of Man
Anagrams
en aeginor Noriega Rogaine orangie rogaine
en War History of science Iron Technology Time