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Eneolithic
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eneolithic
English
Alternative forms
en Aeneolithic aeneolithic eneolithic Æneolithic
Etymology
Borrowed from en it eneolitico, from en la aeneus copper, bronze.
Adjective
en archaeology paleontology Describing the Copper Age, which occurred between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.
en Chalcolithic#Adjective Cyprolithic#Adjective Copper Age<qq:attributively>
en 24 April 2025 15: The Steppe Model The Indo-Europeans Rediscovered: How a Scientific Revolution is Rewriting Their Story J. P. Mallory Thames & Hudson 9780500779712 Perhaps linguists have provided a step towards the right solution in presenting evidence from Indo-European kinship terminology that the Indo-Europeans were very much into exogamy, including taking the Eneolithic equivalent of mail-order brides from afar.
Translations
describing the age between the Neolithic and Bronze age
Catalan: ca eneolític
French: fr énéolithique, fr cuprolithique
German: de chalkolithisch
Hindi: hi ताम्रयुग
Italian: it eneolitico
Polish: pl eneolityczny
Portuguese: pt eneolítico, pt calcolítico
Romanian: ro eneolitic
Proper noun
en archaeology paleontology The age between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.
en Copper Age Chalcolithic#Proper noun
en 12 Dec 2025 Tom Hercules Davies Horses, Wheels, Languages: Greek, Mesopotamian and Indic Epic on the Eurasian Steppe The Classical Quarterly 75 1 12 The spread of PIE has therefore been linked to a Late Eneolithic and Early Bronze-Age expansion of nomadic horse-riders and stock-breeders, visible in the archaeology of the Steppe.
Translations
age between the Neolithic and Bronze age
Catalan: ca eneolític m
German: de Chalkolithikum n, de Kupfersteinzeit f, de Kupferzeit f
Italian: it eneolitico
Polish: pl eneolit m
Portuguese: pt eneolítico
Serbo-Croatian: sh енеолит m eneolit
Turkish: tr Bakır Çağı, tr Bakır Taş Çağı, tr Maden Taş Çağı, tr Kalkolitik Çağ
Further reading
Chalcolithic