Holocene en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈhɒl.əˌsiːn/
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Etymology
From French Holocène, based on holo- (“whole”) + Ancient Greek καινός (kainós, “fresh, new”). Coined to replace the earlier (1833) label Recent, formally submitted in 1867 and officially endorsed in 1969. The concept is that this epoch is entirely (wholly) new. By surface analysis, holo- + -cene.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of a geologic epoch within the Quaternary period from about the year 10 000 BC to the present; the age of man.
Meronym: Anthropocene
Translations (16)
sv holocen (relating to the epoch from about 11,000 years ago to the present) · cmn 全新世 (relating to the epoch from about 11,000 years ago to the present) · fr holocène (relating to the epoch from about 11,000 years ago to the present) · pl holoceński (relating to the epoch from about 11,000 years ago to the present) · tr holosen (relating to the epoch from about 11,000 years ago to the present) · nl holoceen (relating to the epoch from about 11,000 years ago to the present) · ka ჰოლოცენური (relating to the epoch from about 11,000 years ago to the present) · el ολόκαινος (relating to the epoch from about 11,000 years ago to the present) · fi holoseenikautinen (relating to the epoch from about 11,000 years ago to the present) · de holozänisch (relating to the epoch from about 11,000 years ago to the present) · pt holoceno (relating to the epoch from about 11,000 years ago to the present) · ru голоцен (relating to the epoch from about 11,000 years ago to the present) · pl aluwialny (relating to the epoch from about 11,000 years ago to the present) · gl holoceno (relating to the epoch from about 11,000 years ago to the present) · ca holocè (relating to the epoch from about 11,000 years ago to the present) · ca holocènic (relating to the epoch from about 11,000 years ago to the present)