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Ères calendaires
As in English, years in French can be differentiated with one of two common notation systems.
1) Common Era
| ère commune de notre ère de l’ère actuelle de l’ère chrétienne |
Common Era Current Era Christian Era |
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| EC è.c. |
CE | |
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| avant l’ère commune avant notre ère avant l’ère chrétienne |
Before Common Era Before Current Era Before Christian Era |
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| AEC av. è. c. |
BCE |
2) Anno Domini
| après Jésus-Christ | anno Domini* | |
| apr. J-C | AD | |
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| avant Jésus-Christ | before Christ | |
| av. J-C | BC |
* Not "after death." Anno Domini is Latin for "In the year of the Lord."
Par exemple…
| C’était en 1575 EC. C’était en 1575 apr. J-C. |
It was in 1575 CE. It was in 1575 AD. |
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| Il est né en 199 AEC. Il est né en 199 av. J-C. |
He was born in 199 BCE. He was born in 199 BC. |
An explanation of what these terms actually mean and why Common Era has mostly replaced Anno Domini is beyond the scope of this French vocabulary lesson. For more info, try one of these sites:
- Herodote.net (explication en français)
- Timeanddate.com (English explanation)
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