Carboniferous

See also: carboniferous

English

Adjective

Carboniferous (not comparable)

1. (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

1. (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 (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