Age of Enlightenment

English

Proper noun

the Age of Enlightenment

1. (history) A period of time ranging from part of the 17th century through much of the 18th century, characterized particularly by the importance of logic and reason.

Translations

period of history

• Arabic: عَصْر اَلتَّنْوِير m (ʕaṣr at-tanwīr)
• Catalan: segle de les llums m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 啟蒙時代 / 启蒙时代 (Qǐméng shídài)

• Czech: osvícenství (cs) n
• Danish: oplysningstiden c
• Faroese: upplýsingartíðin f
• Finnish: valistusaika (fi)
• French: siècle des Lumières (fr) m
• Georgian: განმანათლებლობის ხანა (ganmanatleblobis xana), განმანათლებლობის ეპოქა (ganmanatleblobis eṗoka)
• German: Zeitalter der Aufklärung n
• Greek: Διαφωτισμός (el) m (Diafotismós)
• Indonesian: Abad Pencerahan
• Japanese: 啓蒙時代 (けいもうじだい, Keimō Jidai)
• Korean: 계몽시대(啓蒙時代) (Gyemongsidae)
• Norwegian Bokmål: opplysningstid m or f
• Norwegian Nynorsk: opplysingstid f
• Polish: oświecenie (pl) n, Oświecenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: Iluminismo m
• Russian: эпо́ха просвеще́ния f (epóxa prosveščénija)
• Spanish: Siglo de las Luces
• Swahili: Zama za Mwangaza
• Swedish: upplysningstid (sv) c