Kilo Lingo

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feminine

/ˈe.po.ka/

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Translation

era, period, time

Word origin

From Latin epocha, from Greek epoche ('a stopping point, fixed point in time'), from epechein ('to hold back'). The same root gives English epoch.

Origin
Greek
Root
epoche
English cognates
epoch

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluralépocas

Examples

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In that era people lived without telephones.

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It was the best period of my life.

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This music is from a very old era.

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The periods of war changed the country forever.

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Each era has its own way of thinking.

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This word is part of lesson 26.