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Precambrian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

/priˈkæm.bɹi.ən/ (General-American)
/priːˈkam.bɹɪ.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/priˈkæm.bɹi.ən/ (Canada)
(US) audio
/priˈkeɪm.bɹi.ən/ (Canada)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English Cambrian English Precambrian From pre- + Cambrian.

Meanings

(informal, not-comparable) Relating to the time and geology dated before the Phanerozoic
- When you look at a Precambrian trilobite in the lobby of a New York bank, it is difficult to speculate about its primeval environment. 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 209:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
Pre-Cambrian		alternative	lexicographic

Translations (12)

oc precambrian (before the Phanerozoic) · nl precambrisch (before the Phanerozoic) · fi esikambrinen (before the Phanerozoic) · ru докембри́йский (before the Phanerozoic) · nn prekambrisk (before the Phanerozoic) · cy Cyn-Gambriaidd (before the Phanerozoic) · ca precambrià (before the Phanerozoic) · nb prekambrisk (before the Phanerozoic) · mn Кембрийн өмнөх (before the Phanerozoic) · fr précambrien (before the Phanerozoic) · ga Réamhchaimbriach (before the Phanerozoic) · de präkambrisch (before the Phanerozoic)

Precambrian en · PROPN

Pronunciation

/priˈkæm.bɹi.ən/ (General-American)
/priːˈkam.bɹɪ.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/priˈkæm.bɹi.ən/ (Canada)
(US) audio
/priˈkeɪm.bɹi.ən/ (Canada)

Etymology

Meanings

The Precambrian supereon; spanning from the formation of the Earth around 4.6 billion years ago to the emergence of hard-shelled creatures 541 million years ago.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
Pre-Cambrian		alternative	lexicographic

Antonyms

Phanerozoic

Coordinates

Phanerozoic (geological supereon)

Hyponyms

Archaean (geological supereon) · Hadean (geological supereon) · Proterozoic - eons (geological supereon)

Synonyms

Cryptozoic (geological supereon)

Translations (14)

hu prekambrium (eon before the Phanerozoic) · fi prekambri (eon before the Phanerozoic) · de Präkambrium (eon before the Phanerozoic) · cy Cyn-Gambriaidd (eon before the Phanerozoic) · ru Доке́мбрий (eon before the Phanerozoic) · ca precambrià (eon before the Phanerozoic) · nn prekambrium (eon before the Phanerozoic) · da prækambrium (eon before the Phanerozoic) · fr précambrien (eon before the Phanerozoic) · sv prekambrium (eon before the Phanerozoic) · cmn 前寒武紀 /前寒武纪 (eon before the Phanerozoic) · nb prekambrium (eon before the Phanerozoic) · nl precambrium (eon before the Phanerozoic) · nds-de Präkambrium (eon before the Phanerozoic)