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Neko Harbour, Antarctica circa 2000 Perhaps a calque of German Eiszeit [ 1]
ice age plural ice ages
( sciences ) Earth 's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence of major polar ice sheets that reach the ocean and calve icebergs.[ 2] The earth is currently in the Late Cenozoic Ice Age , an ice age that began 33.9 million years ago with the Antarctic Ice Cap.
( colloquial ) glacial periods (within a scientific ice age ) marked by episodes of extensive glaciation alternating with episodes of relative warmth (interglacial 2003 Bill Bryson , A Short History of Nearly Everything , BCA, published 2003 , page 377 :The cause of ice ages , Köppen decided, is to be found in cool summers, not brutal winters.
period of glaciation at the poles
any of several glacial periods
Afrikaans: ystydperk
Albanian: koha e akullit f ( definite )
Arabic: عَصْر جَلِيدِيّ m ( ʕaṣr jalīdiyy )
Armenian: սառցե դարաշրջան ( saṙcʻe darašrǰan )
Azerbaijani: buz dövrü
Basque: glaziazio
Belarusian: ледніко́вы перы́яд m ( ljednikóvy pjerýjad ) , ледніко́вы пэры́яд m ( ljednikóvy perýjad )
Bengali: হিমযুগ ( himojug )
Bulgarian: ле́дников перио́д m ( lédnikov periód )
Burmese: ရေခဲခေတ် ( rehkai:hket )
Catalan: època glacial f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 冰河時期 ／ 冰河时期 (zh) ( bīnghé shíqī ) , 冰期 (zh) ( bīngqī ) , 冰河期 (zh) ( bīnghéqī )
Czech: doba ledová (cs) f
Danish: istid (da) c
Dutch: ijstijd (nl) m
Esperanto: glaciepoko
Estonian: jääaeg
Finnish: jääkausi (fi)
French: période glaciaire (fr) f glaciation (fr) f englaciation âge de glace m
Georgian: გამყინვარების პერიოდი ( gamq̇invarebis ṗeriodi )
German: Eiszeit (de) f Eiszeitalter (de) n Glazial (de) n
Greek: Εποχή των Παγετώνων f ( Epochí ton Pagetónon )
Hebrew: עִדַּן קֶרַח \ עידן קרח m
Hindi: हिमयुग m ( himyug ) , हिमानियों का युग m ( himāniyõ kā yug )
Hungarian: jégkorszak (hu) , eljegesedés (hu)
Icelandic: ísöld (is) f
Indonesian: zaman es (id)
Irish: oighearaois f
Italian: era glaciale f
Japanese: 氷河期 (ja) ( ひょうがき, hyōgaki ) , 氷河時代 (ja) ( ひょうがじだい, hyōga jidai )
Kannada: ಹಿಮಯುಗ ( himayuga )
Kazakh: мұз дәуірі ( mūz däuırı )
Khmer: យុគទឹកកក (km) ( yuk tɨk kɑɑk )
Korean: 빙하기(氷河期) (ko) ( binghagi ) , 빙기(氷期) ( binggi ) , 빙하시대(氷河時代) (ko) ( binghasidae )
Kyrgyz: муз доору ( muz dooru )
Latvian: ledus laikmets m
Lithuanian: ledynmetis (lt) m
Luxembourgish: Äiszäit f
Macedonian: ледено време n ( ledeno vreme )
Malay: zaman air batu
Malayalam: ഹിമയുഗം ( himayugaṁ )
Maltese: Żmien is-Silġ m
Manx: eash rioee f
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: мөстлөгийн үе ( möstlögiin üje )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: istid m or f
Nynorsk: istid f
Persian:
Iranian Persian: عَصْرِ یَخْبَنْدان ( asr-e yaxbandân ) , عَصْرِ یَخی ( asr-e yaxi )
Polish: epoka lodowcowa f
Portuguese: era do gelo f era glacial f idade do gelo f período glacial m
Romanian: glaciațiune (ro) f
Russian: леднико́вый пери́од (ru) m ( lednikóvyj períod ) , обледене́ние (ru) n ( obledenénije ) , оледене́ние (ru) n ( oledenénije )
Scottish Gaelic: Linn na Deighe
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ледено доба n
Roman: ledeno doba n
Slovak: ľadová doba f
Slovene: ledena doba (sl) f
Spanish: glaciación (es) f
Swedish: istid (sv) c nedisning (sv) c
Tagalog: panahon ng yelo
Tajik: давраи яхбандӣ ( davra-yi yaxbandi )
Tamil: பனி யுகம் ( paṉi yukam )
Thai: ยุคน้ำแข็ง ( yúk-nám-kɛ̌ng )
Turkish: buzul çağı
Ukrainian: льодовико́ва е́ра f ( lʹodovykóva éra ) , льодовико́вий пері́од m ( lʹodovykóvyj períod )
Urdu: بَرْفَانی دَور m ( barfānī daur ) , بَرْفَانی عَہْد m ( barfānī 'ahd )
Uyghur: مۇز دەۋرى ( muz dewri )
Uzbek: muzlik davri
Vietnamese: kỷ băng hà 期 冰 河
Welsh: Oes yr Iâ
West Frisian: iistiid
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