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. The concept is that this epoch is entirely (wholly) new.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɒl.əˌsiːn/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

Holocene (not comparable)

1. (geology) Of a geologic epoch within the Quaternary 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)
• Finnish: holoseenikautinen
• French: holocène (fr)
• Galician: holoceno (gl) m
• Georgian: ჰოლოცენური (holocenuri)
• German: holozänisch
• Greek: ολόκαινος (olókainos)
• Polish: holoceński (pl), aluwialny (archaic)
• Portuguese: holoceno
• Swedish: holocen (sv)
• Turkish: holosen (tr)

Proper noun

the 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 (gl) 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 (sv) c
• Turkish: Holosen

See also

• Appendix:Geologic timescale

Further reading

• Holocene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia