Quaternary

quaternary English Etymology From en la quaternārius consisting of four, from la quaternī by fours; in numerical sense via en enm quaternary. Compare fr quaternaire. Pronunciation kwŏt′ər-nĕr′ē kwə-tûr′nə-rē en /ˈkwɑt.əɹˌnɛɹ.i/ /kwəˈtɜɹ.nə.ɹi/ GA en /ˈkwɒt.əˌnɛɹ.iː/ /kwəˈtɜː.nə.ɹiː/ rare RP Proper noun en geology The geological period of the Cenozoic Era immediately following the Tertiary. It is subdivided into the Pleistocene and the Holocene Epochs. en Age of Man<qq:dated> en Pleistocene Holocene Anthropocene<id:era of human impact on environment, loosely> assholocene en quaternary. Derived terms en quaternarist Translations geological period Catalan: ca quaternari m Czech: cs čtvrtohory p, cs kvartér m Dutch: nl Kwartair n Finnish: fi kvartäärikausi French: fr quaternaire m Georgian: ka მეოთხეული, ka მეოთხეული სისტემა, ka მეოთხეული პერიოდი German: de Quartär n Hungarian: hu negyedidőszak Italian: it quaternario m Japanese: ja 第四紀 daiyonki Polish: pl czwartorzęd m-in Portuguese: pt Quaternário m Russian: ru Четвертичный пери́од m Serbo-Croatian: Latin: sh Kvartar Slovak: sk Kvartér Slovene: sl Kvartar Spanish: es Cuaternario m Swedish: sv kvartär c Ukrainian: uk Антропогенова система f Vietnamese: vi kỉ Đệ Tứ See also en Neogene en Tertiary Further reading 4901 2 1895