-cene

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cene"

English

Etymology

From Cenozoic. From Ancient Greek καινός (kainós, “new”).

Suffix

-cene

1. (geology) Related to the geologic era called the Cenozoic, the current one.

Derived terms

• Anthropocene
• Eocene
• Holocene
• Homogocene
• Miocene
• Oligocene
• Paleocene
• Pleistocene
• Pliocene
• Pyrocene

 

Related terms

• caeno-
• ceno-
• Cenozoic

Translations

suffix indicating a geologic period

• Czech: -cén m
• Finnish: -seeni
• French: -cène (fr)
• Hungarian: -cén
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: -cen (no)

  Nynorsk: -cen

• Polish: -cen m
• Spanish: -ceno

See also

• -ene

Anagrams

• -ence