Quaternary en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkwɒt.əˌnɛɹ.iː/ (Received-Pronunciation, rare)
- /kwəˈtɜː.nə.ɹiː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /kwəˈtɜɹ.nə.ɹi/ (General-American)
- kwŏt′ər-nĕr′ē
- /ˈkwɑt.əɹˌnɛɹ.i/ (General-American)
- kwə-tûr′nə-rē
Etymology
From Latin quaternārius (“consisting of four”), from quaternī (“by fours”); in numerical sense via Middle English quaternary. Compare French quaternaire.
Meanings
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The geological period of the Cenozoic Era immediately following the Tertiary. It is subdivided into the Pleistocene and the Holocene Epochs.
Meronyms: Pleistocene, Holocene, Anthropocene, assholocene
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(alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of quaternary.
alt of quaternary
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ru Четвертичный пери́од (geological period) · sh Kvartar (geological period) · nl Kwartair (geological period) · ka მეოთხეული სისტემა (geological period) · fr quaternaire (geological period) · sk Kvartér (geological period) · pt Quaternário (geological period) · fi kvartäärikausi (geological period) · de Quartär (geological period) · pl czwartorzęd (geological period) · hu negyedidőszak (geological period) · es Cuaternario (geological period) · sl Kvartar (geological period) · uk Антропогенова система (geological period) · vi kỉ Đệ Tứ (geological period) · cs čtvrtohory (geological period) · cs kvartér (geological period) · ja 第四紀 (geological period) · sv kvartär (geological period) · ca quaternari (geological period) · ka მეოთხეული (geological period) · ka მეოთხეული პერიოდი (geological period) · it quaternario (geological period)