Mesolithic

English

Etymology

From meso- +‎ -lith +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

enPR: mĕsōlĭthīk
Hyphenation: mes‧o‧lith‧ic

Adjective

Mesolithic (not comparable)

Of or referring to the Middle Stone Age (also the Mesolithic period or the Mesolithic age), a prehistoric period that lasted between 10000 and 3000 BC.

Related terms

lith

Translations

of or referring to the Middle Stone Age

Catalan: mesolític
Finnish: mesoliittinen (fi)
Hindi: मध्यपाषाण (madhyapāṣāṇ), मध्यपाषाण काल (madhyapāṣāṇ kāl)
Irish: Méisiliteach
Korean: 중석기시대(中石器時代) (jungseokgisidae), 중석기(中石器) (jungseokgi)
Russian: мезолити́ческий (ru) (mezolitíčeskij)

Noun

Mesolithic (uncountable)

Short for the Mesolithic period.

Translations

Mesolithic period

Asturian: mesolíticu m
Catalan: mesolític m
Chinese: 中石器時代／中石器时代 (zh)
Czech: mezolit
Danish: ældre stenalder
Dutch: Mesolithicum (nl) m
Estonian: mesoliitikum
Finnish: mesoliittinen kausi
French: mésolithique (fr) m
Galician: mesolítico m
German: Mittelsteinzeit (de) m
Greek: νεοολιθική m (neoolithikí)
Hebrew: תקופת האבן התיכונה
Interlingua: mesolitico m
Italian: mesolitico (it) m
Japanese: 中石器時代 (ja) (chūsekki jidai)
Korean: 중석기시대(中石器時代) (jungseokgisidae)
Latin: mesolithicus
Latvian: Mesolīts
Polish: mezolit (pl) m
Portuguese: Mesolítico m
Russian: Мезоли́т m (Mezolít)
Sicilian: mesoliticu m
Slovene: mezolitik (sl) m
Spanish: Mesolítico m
Swedish: mesolitisk tid

See also

Anagrams

homiletics

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