Quaternary

See also: quaternary

English

Etymology

From French Quaternaire.

Proper noun

Quaternary

(geology) The geological period of the Cenozoic Era immediately following the Tertiary. It is subdivided into the Pleistocene and the Holocene Epochs.

Translations

geological period

Catalan: quaternari m
Czech: čtvrtohory pl, kvartér (cs) m
Dutch: Kwartair (nl) n
Finnish: kvartäärikausi
French: quaternaire (fr) m
Georgian: მეოთხეული (meotxeuli), მეოთხეული სისტემა (meotxeuli sisṭema), მეოთხეული პერიოდი (meotxeuli ṗeriodi)
German: Quartär (de) n
Italian: quaternario (it) m
Polish: czwartorzęd (pl) m
Portuguese: Quaternário m

Russian: Четвертичный пери́од m (Četvertičnyj períod)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: Kvartar
Slovak: Kvartér
Slovene: Kvartar
Spanish: Cuaternario (es) m
Swedish: kvartär (sv) c
Ukrainian: Антропогенова система f (Antropohenova systema)
Vietnamese: kỉ Đệ Tứ

See also

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