ice age

Signification (Anglais)

1. A period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence of major polar ice sheets that reach the ocean and calve icebergs.
2. (colloquial) Any of several glacial periods (within a scientific ice age) marked by episodes of extensive glaciation alternating with episodes of relative warmth (interglacial).

Concepts

période glaciaire

glaciation

époque glaciaire

période de glaciation

âge glaciaire

Synonymes

glacial period

glacial epoch

Pleistocene

Glacial epoch

drift period

glacial stage

Traductions

Eiszeit

era glaciale

período glacial

ijstijd

época glacial

era do gelo

idade do gelo

època glacial

glaciación

període glacial

glaziale Epoche

era glacial

عصر جليدي

buzul çağı

Étymologie (Anglais)

Perhaps a calque of German Eiszeit.