interglacial

English

Etymology

inter- +‎ glacial

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃəl

Adjective

interglacial (not comparable)

1. Occurring between glaciations (colloquially known as ice ages).
   • 2014, Antoinette Mannion, Global Environmental Change, page 71:

     Palaeoenvironmental evidence from northwest Europe indicates that the oligocratic phase of the interglacial cycle (Fig. 3.1) had begun by ca. 5K years BP.

Derived terms

• interglacial optimum

Translations

occurring between glaciations

• Cornish: ynterrewlivek
• French: interglaciaire (fr), post-glaciaire (fr)
• German: interglazial (de)
• Hungarian: interglaciális
• Irish: idiroighreach
• Kazakh: мұздықаралық (mūzdyqaralyq)

Noun

interglacial (plural interglacials)

1. The relatively warm period between glacial periods.
   • 2019, Peter Vincent, The Biogeography of the British Isles: An Introduction, page 209:

     The climatic recession which produced Britain's last glaciers came rapidly to an end about 10,000 bp, as temperatures rose during the end of the protocratic phase of the present interglacial.

Translations

relatively warm period between glacial periods

• Cornish: prys ynterrewlivek m
• Danish: mellemistid c
• Finnish: interglasiaali (fi)
• German: Warmzeit (de) f, Interglazial (de) n
• Hungarian: interglaciális
• Irish: tréimhse idiroighreach f

See also

• interstadial

Anagrams

• antiallergic

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /inteɾɡlaˈθjal/ [ĩn̪.t̪eɾ.ɣ̞laˈθjal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /inteɾɡlaˈsjal/ [ĩn̪.t̪eɾ.ɣ̞laˈsjal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: in‧ter‧gla‧cial

Adjective

interglacial m or f (masculine and feminine plural interglaciales)

1. interglacial