-cene

See also: cene, cené, cène, Cène, and çene

English

Etymology

From Cenozoic.

Suffix

-cene

1. (geology) Related to the geologic period called the Cenozoic, the current one.

Derived terms

Terms derived from -cene

• Anthropocene
• Eocene

• Holocene
• Miocene

• Oligocene
• Paleocene

• Pleistocene
• Pliocene

Translations

suffix indicating a geologic period

• Finnish: -seeni
• French: -cène (fr)

• Spanish: -ceno

Usage notes

• Other words ending in "cene" may have -ene as suffix