coeval

See also: coëval

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Etymology

From Late Latin coaevus, from Latin con- (“equal”) + aevum (“age”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kəʊˈiːvəl/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /koʊˈi.vəl/

Adjective

coeval (not comparable)

  2. Of the same age or era; contemporary.
    Synonyms: contemporaneous; see also Thesaurus:contemporary
    Anything coeval with that clock will fetch a hefty price!
    The Baralaba Coal Measures are coeval with the Bandana Formation.
    • 1782, Thomas Warton, The History and Antiquities of Kiddington:
      The latter [Rollright Stones], which has every signature of Celticism, I conceive to be coeval and perhaps of a class with Stone-henge.
    • 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 27:
      If, however, Orientalists be right in their interpretation of the name of Artaxerxes' queen, Parisatis, as Pari-zadeh (Peri-born), the Peri must be coeval with the religion of Zoroaster.
    • 2009, Eric Buffetaut, Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in SE Asia:
      The differences between the Sao Khua dinosaur assemblage and the roughly coeval assemblages in China, notably those from the Jehol Group of NE China, have already been noted, and several hypotheses have been put forward, including differences in taphonomic conditions, and the existence of geographical or environmental barriers (Buffetaut et al. 2006; Fernandez et al. 2009).
    • 2026 August 13, Emily Wilson, “An Uncomplicated Man”, in London Review of Books‎[1], archived from the original on 11 October 2026:
      Nolan’s other major addition to Homer’s narrative is the repeated reference to threats to 'our civilisation' from 'the sea peoples'—a now debunked 19th-century theory about maritime tribes who were thought to have attacked Egypt around 1200 BCE and to have also been responsible for the roughly coeval collapse of Mycenaean Greek culture.

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Noun

coeval (plural coevals)

  2. Something of the same era.
    The telephone and television are coevals in that film.
  4. Somebody of the same age.

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