Neko Harbour, Antarctica circa 2000
Perhaps a calque of German Eiszeit .[ 1]
ice age (plural ice ages )
( sciences ) A period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth 's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence of major polar ice sheets that reach the ocean and calve icebergs.[ 2]
The earth is currently in the Late Cenozoic Ice Age , an ice age that began 33.9 million years ago with the Antarctic Ice Cap.
( colloquial ) Any of several glacial periods (within a scientific ice age ) marked by episodes of extensive glaciation alternating with episodes of relative warmth (interglacial ).
2003 , Bill Bryson , A Short History of Nearly Everything , BCA, published 2003 , page 377 :The cause of ice ages , Köppen decided, is to be found in cool summers, not brutal winters.
period of glaciation at the poles
any of several glacial periods
Afrikaans: ystydperk
Arabic: عَصْر جَلِيدِيّ m ( ʕaṣr jalīdiyy )
Armenian: սառցե դարաշրջան ( saṙcʻe darašrǰan )
Basque: glaziazio
Belarusian: ледніковы перыяд m ( ljednikóvy pjeryjad )
Bulgarian: ледников период m ( lednikov period )
Burmese: ရေခဲခေတ် ( rehkai:hket )
Catalan: època glacial f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 冰河時期 / 冰河时期 (zh) ( bīnghé shíqī ) , 冰期 (zh) ( bīngqī ) , 冰河期 (zh) ( bīnghéqī )
Czech: doba ledová (cs) f
Danish: istid (da) c
Dutch: ijstijd (nl) m
Esperanto: glaciepoko
Estonian: jääaeg
Finnish: jääkausi (fi)
French: période glaciaire (fr) f , glaciation (fr) f , englaciation
Georgian: გამყინვარების პერიოდი ( gamq̇invarebis ṗeriodi )
German: Eiszeit (de) f
Greek: Εποχή των Παγετώνων f ( Epochí ton Pagetónon )
Hebrew: עידן קרח m
Hindi: हिमयुग ( himyug )
Hungarian: jégkorszak (hu) , eljegesedés (hu)
Icelandic: ísöld (is) f
Indonesian: zaman es (id)
Irish: oighearaois f
Italian: era glaciale f
Japanese: 氷河期 (ja) ( ひょうがき , hyōgaki) , 氷河時代 (ja) ( ひょうがじだい, hyōga jidai )
Kannada: ಹಿಮಯುಗ ( himayuga )
Kazakh: мұз дәуірі ( mūz däuırı )
Korean: 빙하기(氷河期) (ko) ( binghagi ) , 빙기(氷期) ( binggi )
Latvian: ledus laikmets
Lithuanian: ledynmetis (lt) m
Luxembourgish: Äiszäit f
Macedonian: ледено време n ( ledeno vreme )
Malayalam: ഹിമയുഗം ( himayugaṁ )
Maltese: Żmien is-Silġ m
Manx: eash rioee f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: istid m or f
Nynorsk: istid f
Persian: عصر یخبندان
Polish: epoka lodowcowa f
Portuguese: era do gelo f , era glacial f , idade do gelo f , período glacial m
Romanian: glaciațiune (ro) f
Russian: леднико́вый пери́од (ru) m ( lednikóvyj períod )
Scottish Gaelic: Linn na Deighe
Slovak: ľadová doba f
Slovene: ledena doba (sl) f
Spanish: glaciación (es) f
Swedish: istid (sv) c
Tagalog: panahon ng yelo
Tamil: பனி யுகம் ( paṉi yukam )
Thai: ยุคน้ำแข็ง
Turkish: buzul çağı
Ukrainian: льодовикова ера f ( lʹodovykova era )
Uzbek: muzlik davri
Vietnamese: kỷ băng hà (期 冰 河 )
Welsh: Oes yr Iâ
West Frisian: iistiid