Carboniferous

See also: carboniferous

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑːbəˈnɪfəɹəs/
Homophone: carboniferous
Rhymes: -ɪfəɹəs

Adjective

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Carboniferous

Carboniferous (not comparable)

(geology) Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises the lower, middle and upper Mississippian and lower, middle and upper Pennsylvanian epochs from about 345 to 280 million years ago, when coal was laid down.

Translations

relating to the geologic period

Finnish: hiilikautinen, kivihiilikautinen
French: carbonifère (fr)
German: karbonisch
Greek: λιθανθρακοφόρος (el) m or f (lithanthrakofóros)
Polish: karboński (pl)
Portuguese: carbonífero, carbónico (pt) (Portugal), carbônico (Brazil)
Russian: каменноу́гольный (ru) (kamennoúgolʹnyj)
Spanish: carbonífero (es)

Proper noun

Carboniferous

(geology) the Carboniferous period

Derived terms

Permo-Carboniferous

Translations

the geologic period

Chinese:
Mandarin: 石炭紀／石炭纪 (zh) (Shítànjì)
Czech: karbon m
Estonian: karbon, kivisöeajastu
Finnish: hiilikausi (fi), kivihiilikausi (fi)
French: Carbonifère (fr) m
German: Karbon (de) n
Greek: Λιθανθρακοφόρος f (Lithanthrakofóros)
Hungarian: karbon (hu)
Japanese: 石炭紀 (ja) (Sekitan-ki)
Latin: Carboniferum n
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Карбоны галав (Karbony galav), Чулуун нүүрсний галав (Čuluun nüürsnii galav)
Polish: karbon (pl) m inan
Russian: каменноу́гольный пери́од m (kamennoúgolʹnyj períod)
Spanish: carbonífero (es) m
Swedish: karbon (sv) c, stenkolsperioden c
Vietnamese: kỉ Các-bon, kỉ Than Đá

See also

Appendix:Geologic timescale

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