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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɒl.əˌsiːn/

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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

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