Neolithic

See also: neolithic

English

WOTD – 5 June 2008

Etymology

From neo- +‎ -lith +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌni.əˈlɪθ.ɪk/, /ˌni.əʊˈlɪθ.ɪk/
• (US) enPR: nēōlĭthīk, IPA^(key): /ˌni.oʊˈlɪθ.ɪk/

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• Hyphenation: Neo‧lith‧ic

Proper noun

Neolithic

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

   Synonym: New Stone Age

Translations

the New Stone Age

• Asturian: neolíticu m
• Bulgarian: новокаменна епоха f (novokamenna epoha)
• Catalan: neolític m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新石器時代／新石器时代 (zh) (Xīnshíqì Shídài)

• Crimean Tatar: neolit
• Czech: neolit (cs) m
• Dutch: neolithicum (nl) n
• Estonian: neoliitikum
• Finnish: neoliittinen kausi, nuorempi kivikausi
• French: néolithique (fr) m, Néolithique (fr) m, Néolithique (fr) f
• Galician: neolítico m
• German: Jungsteinzeit (de) f, Neolithikum (de) n
• Greek: Νεολιθική f (Neolithikí)
• Hindi: नवपाषाण युग m (navpāṣāṇ yug)
• Interlingua: Neolitic m
• Irish: Nuachlochaois f, An Tréimhse Neoiliteach f
• Italian: neolitico (it) m
• Korean: 신석기시대(新石器時代) (ko) (sinseokgisidae)
• Maltese: neolitiku
• Polish: neolit (pl) m
• Portuguese: neolítico (pt) m
• Russian: неоли́т (ru) m (neolít)
• Scottish Gaelic: Linn Ùr na Cloiche f
• Sicilian: neoliticu m
• Slovene: mlajša kamena doba (sl) f
• Spanish: neolítico (es) m
• Swedish: neolitisk tid c, bondestenålder (sv) c, yngre stenålder c, neolitikum (sv)
• Thai: ยุคหินใหม่ (yóok hĭn mài)
• Turkish: Neolitik Çağ
• Vietnamese: thời đại đồ đá mới

Adjective

Neolithic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the New Stone Age.
   • 2001, Duncan J. Melville, “Tokens: the origin of mathematics”, in Mesopotamian Mathematics‎^[1], archived from the original on 6 February 2007:

     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).

   • 2013 September 14, Jane Shilling, “The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review [print edition: Illuminating language]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)‎^[2], page R28:

     ... I was fascinated by a pair of stories about a Neolithic girl who wrote the first letter, and invented the first alphabet.

Derived terms

• Neolithic Revolution

Translations

of or relating to the New Stone Age

• Catalan: neolític
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新石器時代的／新石器时代的 (Xīnshíqì Shídài de)

• Czech: neolitický (cs) m
• Danish: yngre stenalder
• Finnish: neoliittinen (fi)
• French: néolithique (fr)
• German: jungsteinzeitlich (de), neolithisch (de)
• Greek: νεολιθικός (el) f (neolithikós)
• Hindi: नवपाषाण m (navpāṣāṇ)
• Irish: Neoiliteach
• Japanese: 新石器時代 (しんせっきじだい, shinsekki jidai)
• Korean: 신석기시대(新石器時代) (ko) (sinseokgisidae), 신석기(新石器) (sinseokgi)
• Latin: neolithicus
• Latvian: neolīts
• Maltese: neolitiku m, neolitiċi pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: neolittisk

  Nynorsk: neolittisk

• Polish: neolityczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: neolítico (pt) m
• Spanish: neolítico (es)

Noun

Neolithic (plural Neolithics)

1. A person who lived during the New Stone Age.
   • 2011, Seán Lang, European History For Dummies (page 27)

     For the Neolithics, the stone was flint, and it's still impressive to see what they were able to achieve with it.

Related terms

• lith
• Mesolithic
• Paleolithic

Anagrams

• Nicholite, ichnolite