Präkambrium

German

Etymology

From prä- (“pre-”) +‎ Kambrium (“Cambrian”), a learned borrowing from New Latin Praecambrium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʀɛ(ː)ˈkambʀiʊm/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): /pʀeː-/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)

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• Hyphenation: Prä‧kam‧bri‧um

Proper noun

1. the Precambrian

Synonyms

• Erdfrühzeit

See also

• Hadaikum
• Archaikum
• Proterozoikum
• Phanerozoikum