Iron Age

See also: iron age

English

Etymology

From iron + age, in the mythological sense a calque of Latin saecula ferrea, aetas ferrea; in the archaeological sense a calque of Danish jernalder.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʌɪən eɪdʒ/

Proper noun

Iron Age

(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.]
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970, partition II, section 1, member 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.]
(archaeology) A level of culture in which humans used iron and the technology of ironworking. (Estimated to have begun in Europe about 1100BC) [from 19th c.]

Coordinate terms

(archaeology): Stone Age, Bronze Age
(mythology): Golden Age, Silver Age, Bronze Age, Heroic Age

Translations

archaeology

Arabic: عَصْر اَلْحَدِيد‎ m (ʿaṣr al-ḥadīd)
Armenian: երկաթի դար (hy) (erkatʿi dar)
Asturian: Edá del Fierro m
Burmese: သံခေတ် (my) (samhket)
Catalan: edat del ferro f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鐵器時代／铁器时代 (tiěqì shídài)
Czech: doba železná (cs) f
Danish: jernalder c
Dutch: ijzertijd (nl) m
Erzya: кшнибинге (kšnibinge)
Estonian: rauaaeg (et)
Finnish: rautakausi (fi)
French: âge du fer (fr) m
Galician: idade do ferro f
German: Eisenzeit (de) f
Greek: Εποχή του Σιδήρου f (Epochí tou Sidírou)
Hindi: लौह युग m (lauh yug)
Hungarian: vaskor (hu)
Japanese: 鉄器時代 (てっきじだい, tekki-jidai)
Kazakh: темір дәуірі (temır däuırı)
Korean: 철기시대(鐵器時代) (ko) (cheolgisidae)
Latvian: dzelzs laikmets m
Limburgish: iezertied m
Macedonian: железно време n (železno vreme)
Malay: Zaman Besi
Norman: Âge dé Fé m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: jernalder m
Nynorsk: jarnalder m, jernalder m
Polish: epoka żelaza (pl) f
Portuguese: idade do ferro f, Idade do Ferro f
Romanian: epoca fierului (ro) f, epoca de fier (ro) f
Russian: желе́зный век m (želéznyj vek)
Southern Altai: темир чак (temir čak)
Spanish: Edad del Hierro (es) f
Swahili: Zama za Chuma
Swedish: järnålder (sv) c
Vietnamese: thời đại đồ sắt
Zazaki: Dorê asıni

mythology

Chinese:
Mandarin: 鐵器時代／铁器时代 (tiěqì shídài)
Danish: jernalder c
Dutch: ijzertijd (nl) m
Estonian: rauaaeg (et)
Finnish: rautakausi (fi)
French: âge du fer (fr) m
Korean: 철(鐵)의 시대(時代) (cheor-ui sidae)
Limburgish: iezertied m
Macedonian: железно време n (železno vreme)
Malay: Zaman Besi
Norman: Âge dé Fé m
Norwegian: jernalder m
Polish: epoka żelaza (pl) f
Portuguese: idade do ferro f, Idade do Ferro f
Russian: желе́зный век m (želéznyj vek)
Zazaki: Demê asıni

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} ferepoko
Galician: ^{(please verify)} idade de Ferro
Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} תקופת הברזל‎
Italian: ^{(please verify)} età del ferro
Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 鉄器時代 (tekki-jidai)
Kabuverdianu:
Badiu: Idadi du Ferru m
Fogo: Idade du Ferro m
São Vicente: Idad' d' Ferr' m
Latin: ^{(please verify)} etas ferrum
Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} geležies amžius
Low German: ^{(please verify)} Iesentiet
Maltese: ^{(please verify)} Żmien il-Ħadid
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гвоздено доба
Roman: gvozdeno doba
Sicilian: ^{(please verify)} Etati dû Ferru
Slovene: ^{(please verify)} Železna doba
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} Edad de Hierro m
Welsh: ^{(please verify)} Yr Oes Haearn

Anagrams

Noriega, Rogaine, orangie, rogaine