Neolithic

WOTD – 5 June 2008    

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek νέος (neos, “new”) + λίθος (lithos, “stone”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌni.əˈlɪθ.ɪk/, /ˌni.əʊˈlɪθ.ɪk/, X-SAMPA: /%ni.@"lIT.Ik/, /%ni.@U"lIT.Ik/
• (US) enPR: nēōlĭthīk, IPA: /ˌni.oʊˈlɪθ.ɪk/, X-SAMPA: /%ni.oU"lIT.Ik/

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• Hyphenation: Neo‧lith‧ic

Adjective

Neolithic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the New Stone Age.
   • 2001, Duncan J. Melville, Tokens: the origin of mathematics

     Tokens are first identified at around the same time as the local peoples changed from a life based on hunting and gathering to one based on agriculture. The tokens, as Schmandt-Besserat says, "were part and parcel of the Neolithic phenomenon; that is, the so-called agricultural revolution." (Before Writing 41).

Translations

of or relating to the New Stone Age

• Chinese: 新石器时代 (xīn shíqì shídài)
• Czech: neolitický (cs) m
• Danish: yngre stenalder (da)
• Finnish: neoliittinen (fi)
• French: néolithique (fr)
• German: jungsteinzeitlich (de), neolithisch (de)
• Greek: νεολιθικός (el) (neolithikós) f

• Irish: Neoiliteach (ga)
• Japanese: 新石器時代 (ja) (しんせっきじだい , shin sekki jidai)
• Latin: neolithicus (la)
• Latvian: neolīts (lv)
• Maltese: neolitiku (mt) m, neolitiċi (mt) pl
• Polish: neolityczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: neolítico (pt) m

Proper noun

Neolithic

1. The New Stone Age, from circa 8500 to 4500 BCE.

Synonyms

• New Stone Age

Derived terms

• Neolithic Revolution

Translations

the New Stone Age

• Asturian: neolíticu m
• Bulgarian: новокаменна епоха (bg) (novokammena epoha) f
• Catalan: neolític (ca) m
• Czech: neolit (cs)
• Dutch: neolithicum (nl) n
• Estonian: neoliitikum (et)
• Finnish: neoliittinen kausi (fi), nuorempi kivikausi (fi)
• French: néolithique (fr) m, Néolithique (fr) f
• German: Jungsteinzeit (de) f, Neolithikum (de) n
• Greek: Νεολιθική (el) (Neolithikí) f
• Interlingua: Neolitic m

• Interlingue: Neolithique m
• Italian: neolitico (it) m
• Maltese: neolitiku (mt)
• Polish: neolit (pl) m
• Portuguese: neolítico (pt) m
• Russian: неолит (ru) (neolít) m
• Sicilian: neoliticu m
• Slovene: mlajša kamena doba (sl) f
• Spanish: neolítico (es) m
• Swedish: neolitisk tid (sv) c
• Thai: ยุคหินใหม่ (th) (yóok hĭn mài)

Related terms

• lith
• Mesolithic
• Paleolithic