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Lutetian
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English
Etymology
From en Lutetia an; geological sense coined by French geologist Albert de Lapparent in reference to the Paris Basin.
Pronunciation
en /luːˈtiːʃən/ /luːˈtiːʃi.ən/
en iːʃən iːʃiən 3 4
Adjective
Of or pertaining to ancient Lutetia.
en https://books.google.com/books?id=IX1jDwAAQBAJ Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day 1 The activity of the Lutetian shippers and navigators covered the territory bathed by the Seine, the Marne, and the Oise, all of them quite navigable. William Walton 2018
en poetic by extension Parisian.
en 21 https://books.google.com/books?id=ZqRpet_7y7sC Richard Howard 1989 No Traveller [...] not long before I took him to the Aerogare, he gave the last of his Lutetian homilies [...]
en geology Of or pertaining to the Lutetian age.
en https://books.google.com/books?id=GvpQ9F3gtMYC Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration Institute of Turkey It is important to note that the Lutetian sediments occurring in the area under investigation were distinguished as limestone and flysch during previous studies also. 1971
Translations
French: fr lutécien
Irish: ga Lúitéiteach
Marathi: mr लुटेशियन
Portuguese: pt luteciano
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Lutetia.
en https://books.google.com/books?id=UYTgAAAAMAAJ Paris in Color 56 It is possible that, when they left their islands, a justifiable concern for their own safety in wartime led the Lutetians to settle at the points that were least exposed to aggression. Marcel Brion 1964
Translations
French: fr Lutécien m, fr Lutécienne f
Marathi: mr लुटेशियन
Proper noun
en geology paleontology A subdivision of the Eocene epoch.
en Geological Magazine 58 198 There are good reasons for believing that the “Paniselian” is a local shallow-water representative of the lower part of the Lutetian. Henry Woodward 1921
Translations
Catalan: ca Lutecià
Dutch: nl Lutetien
French: fr Lutétien
German: de Lutetium
Hungarian: hu Lutetiai
Italian: it Luteziano
Marathi: mr लुटेशियन
Polish: pl Lutet
Portuguese: pt Luteciano
Spanish: es Luteciense
en Geological periods