BCE
English
Alternative forms
Adverb
BCE (not comparable)
- (chronology) Initialism of Before (the) Common Era, Before (the) Current Era, or Before (the) Christian Era.
- Socrates was tried and executed in the year 399 BCE.
- 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Angara: History Codex entry:
- We now know that circa 1600 BCE, the angara were created and seeded across Heleus by the Jardaan. Records of this process are less substantial than ancient angaran history, but it was apparently in service of a grand experiment.
- 2017, Mark Littmann, Fred Espenak, “Ancient Efforts to Understand”, in Totality: The Great American Eclipses of 2017 and 2024[1], Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 38:
- The earliest reliable accounts of Chinese eclipses come from Spring and Autumn Annals (Ch’un-ch’iu), recording eclipses from 772 to 481 BCE, including a total solar eclipse in 709 BCE.
Usage notes
Often written in small caps.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
before the common era
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Further reading
- Common Era on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /be.se.ø/
Proper noun
BCE f
- initialism of Banque centrale européenne (“ECB, European Central Bank”)
Anagrams
Irish
Proper noun
BCE m
- initialism of Banc Ceannais Eorpach (“ECB, European Central Bank”)
Italian
Alternative forms
- bce
Proper noun
BCE f
- initialism of Banca Centrale Europea (“ECB, European Central Bank”)
Portuguese
Etymology
Initialism of Banco Central Europeu.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbe ˈse ˈɛ/
Proper noun
BCE m
Spanish
Proper noun
BCE m
- initialism of Banco Central Europeo (“ECB, European Central Bank”)