Eneolithic

See also: eneolithic

English

Alternative forms

• Aeneolithic, aeneolithic, eneolithic, Æneolithic

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian eneolitico, from Latin aeneus (“copper, bronze”).

Adjective

Eneolithic (comparative more Eneolithic, superlative most Eneolithic)

1. (archaeology, paleontology) Describing the age between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.

Synonyms

• Chalcolithic
• Cyprolithic

Translations

describing the age between the Neolithic and Bronze age

• French: énéolithique (fr)
• Hindi: ताम्रयुग (hi) (tāmrayug)
• Italian: eneolitico
• Portuguese: eneolítico, calcolítico

Proper noun

Eneolithic

1. (archaeology, paleontology) The age between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.

Synonyms

• Copper Age
• Chalcolithic Age

Translations

age between the Neolithic and Bronze age

• Catalan: eneolític m
• German: Chalkolithikum n, Kupfersteinzeit f, Kupferzeit f
• Italian: eneolitico
• Portuguese: eneolítico
• Serbo-Croatian: енеолит m (eneolit)
• Turkish: Bakır Çağı, Bakır Taş Çağı, Maden Taş Çağı, Kalkolitik Çağ

Further reading

• Chalcolithic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia