Holocene

Holocene

See also: holocène and Holocène

English

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.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɒl.əˌsiːn/

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Adjective

Holocene (not comparable)

1. (geology) Of a geologic epoch within the Neogene period from about the year 10 000 BC to the present; the age of man.

Translations

relating to the epoch from about 11,000 years ago to the present

Catalan: holocè, holocènic Dutch: holoceen (nl) French: holocène (fr) Galician: holoceno m Georgian: ჰოლოცენური (holocenuri) German: holozänisch Greek: ολόκαινος (olókainos) Polish: holoceński (pl), aluwialny (archaic) Portuguese: holoceno

Proper noun

Holocene

1. (geology) The Holocene epoch.

Translations

The Holocene epoch

Catalan: Holocè m Chinese: Mandarin: 全新世 (zh) (quánxīnshì) Czech: holocén m Danish: Holocæn Dutch: holoceen (nl) n Esperanto: Holoceno Estonian: holotseen Finnish: holoseeni (fi), holoseenikausi French: Holocène (fr) m Galician: holoceno m Georgian: ჰოლოცენი (holoceni), ჰოლოცენური ეპოქა (holocenuri eṗoka), გამყინვარების შემდგომი ეპოქა (gamq̇invarebis šemdgomi eṗoka) German: Holozän (de) n Greek: Ολόκαινο n (Olókaino) Italian: olocene (it) m Norwegian: Holocen Polish: holocen (pl) m inan, aluwium (pl) n (archaic) Portuguese: Holoceno m Swedish: Holocen

See also

• Appendix:Geologic timescale

References

1. Lydia Pyne; Stephen J. Pyne (2012) The Last Lost World: Ice Ages, Human Origins, and the Invention of the Pleistocene‎, Penguin, →ISBN

Further reading

• Holocene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia