Stone Age

See also: stone-age and stone age

English

Alternative forms

stone-age

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: 'stōn āj", IPA^(key): /ˈstəʊn ˌeɪdʒ/
(US) enPR: 'stōn āj", IPA^(key): /ˈstoʊn ˌeɪdʒ/

Proper noun

Stone Age (uncountable)

(archaeology, paleontology) A broad prehistoric period during which humans widely used stone for toolmaking.
(figuratively, informal) Any extremely primitive or undeveloped era.
If they attack our country, we'll bomb them back to the Stone Age!
(figuratively) The time a particular field was introduced and was in its earliest stages of development.

Synonyms

(archaeology): Lithic

Hyponyms

(archaeology): Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic

Coordinate terms

(archaeology): Iron Age, Bronze Age

Derived terms

Middle Stone Age
stuck in the Stone Age

Translations

prehistoric period

Arabic: اَلْعَصْر اَلْحَجَرِيّ‎ m (al-ʿaṣr al-ḥajariyy)
Armenian: քարի դար (hy) (kʿari dar)
Asturian: Edá de Piedra f
Burmese: ကျောက်ခေတ် (my) (kyaukhket)
Catalan: Edat de pedra f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 石器時代／石器时代 (zh) (shíqì shídài)
Czech: doba kamenná (cs) f
Danish: stenalder c
Dutch: steentijd (nl) m, stenen tijdperk n
Erzya: кевбинге (kevbinge)
Esperanto: ŝtonepoko
Estonian: kiviaeg
Finnish: kivikausi (fi)
French: âge de pierre (fr) m
Galician: idade de pedra f, Idade de Pedra (gl) f
German: Steinzeit (de) f
Greek: Εποχή του Λίθου (el) n (Epochí tou Líthou)
Hebrew: תקופת האבן‎ (he)
Hindi: प्रस्तरयुग (hi) m (prastaryug), पाषाण युग m (pāṣāṇ yug), पाषाणयुग (hi) m (pāṣāṇyug), पाषाणकाल (hi) m (pāṣāṇkāl)
Hungarian: kőkorszak (hu)
Icelandic: steinöld (is) f
Indonesian: Zaman Batu
Italian: età della pietra (it) f
Japanese: 石器時代 (せっきじだい, sekki jidai)
Kazakh: тас дәуірі (tas däuırı)
Korean: 석기시대(石器時代) (ko) (seokgisidae)
Latvian: Akmens laikmets
Low German: Steentiet m
Macedonian: камено време n (kameno vreme)
Malay: Zaman Batu
Maltese: Żmien il-Ħaġar
Maori: Ao Kōwhatu
Norman: Âge dé Pièrre m
Norwegian: steinalderen, stenalderen
Persian: عصر حجر‎ ('asr-e hajar), عصر سنگ‎ (fa) ('asr-e sang)
Polish: epoka kamienia (pl) f
Portuguese: idade da pedra f, Idade da Pedra (pt) f
Romanian: Epoca de Piatră f
Russian: ка́менный век (ru) m (kámennyj vek)
Slovene: Kamena doba (sl) f
Spanish: Edad de Piedra (es) f
Swahili: Zama za Mawe
Swedish: stenåldern (sv) c
Turkish: Taş Devri
Vietnamese: thời đại đồ đá

informal: any extremely primitive or undeveloped era

Finnish: kivikausi (fi)
Korean: 석기시대(石器時代) (ko) (seokgisidae), 구석기(舊石器) (ko) (guseokgi)
Macedonian: камено време n (kameno vreme)
Persian: عصر حجر‎ ('asr-e hajar)
Russian: ка́менный век (ru) m (kámennyj vek)
Turkish: taş devri (tr)

figuratively: the time a particular field was introduced

Finnish: kivikausi (fi)
Russian: ка́менный век (ru) m (kámennyj vek)