Meaning

Synonyms

Pleistocene epoch

Glacial epoch

pleistocene

Oiluvium

Translations

Pleistoceen

Pleistoceno

Pleistoceno

Pleistocè

Pleistocene

Plistocè

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈplaɪstəˌsiːn/
Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλεῖστος (pleîstos, “most”) and καινός (kainós, “new”), meaning “newest”, coined by Charles Lyell in 1839.

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