époque

Definitions of époque
  1. noun
    a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
    synonyms: ère
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    types:
    age, période, période historique
    an era of history having some distinctive feature
    changement de siècle
    the period from about ten years before to ten years after a new century
    type of:
    durée, période
    an amount of time
  2. noun
    a prolonged period of time
    synonyms: années
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    type of:
    durée, période
    an amount of time
  3. noun
    an era of history having some distinctive feature
    synonyms: age, période, période historique
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    changement de siècle
    the period from about ten years before to ten years after a new century
    type of:
    ère
    a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
  4. noun
    an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)
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    jour
    some point or period in time
    temps court
    a short time
    instant, temps
    a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
    instant, minute, moment
    an indefinitely short time
    jour du Jugement dernier, jugement dernier
    (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives
    mauvais jour
    a day when things go poorly
    en un clin d'oeil
    a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
    type of:
    durée, période
    an amount of time
  5. noun
    a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages
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    durée géologique, temps géologique
    the time of the physical formation and development of the earth (especially prior to human history)
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