Mesolithic

English

Etymology

From meso- +‎ -lith +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• enPR: mĕsōlĭthīk
• Hyphenation: mes‧o‧lith‧ic

Adjective

Mesolithic (not comparable)

1. Of or referring to the Middle Stone Age (also the Mesolithic period or the Mesolithic age), a prehistoric period that lasted between 10000 and 3000 BC.

Related terms

• lith

Translations

of or referring to the Middle Stone Age

• Catalan: mesolític
• Finnish: mesoliittinen (fi)
• German: Mesolithikum n
• Hindi: मध्यपाषाण (madhyapāṣāṇ), मध्यपाषाण काल (madhyapāṣāṇ kāl)
• Irish: Méisiliteach
• Korean: 중석기 시대(中石器時代) (Jungseokgi sidae), 중석기(中石器) (Jungseokgi)
• Russian: мезолити́ческий (ru) (mezolitíčeskij)

Noun

Mesolithic (uncountable)

1. Short for the Mesolithic period.

Translations

Mesolithic period

• Asturian: mesolíticu m
• Catalan: mesolític m
• Chinese: 中石器時代／中石器时代 (zh) (Zhōngshíqì Shídài)
• Czech: mezolit
• Danish: ældre stenalder
• Dutch: Mesolithicum (nl) m
• Estonian: mesoliitikum
• Finnish: mesoliittinen kausi
• French: mésolithique (fr) m
• Galician: mesolítico m
• German: Mittelsteinzeit (de) m
• Greek: νεοολιθική m (neoolithikí)
• Hebrew: תקופת האבן התיכונה
• Interlingua: mesolitico m
• Italian: mesolitico (it) m
• Japanese: 中石器時代 (ja) (Chūsekki Jidai)
• Korean: 중석기 시대(中石器時代) (Jungseokgi sidae)
• Latin: mesolithicus
• Latvian: Mesolīts
• Polish: mezolit (pl) m
• Portuguese: Mesolítico m
• Russian: Мезоли́т m (Mezolít)
• Sicilian: mesoliticu m
• Slovene: mezolitik (sl) m
• Spanish: Mesolítico m
• Swedish: mesolitisk tid

See also

• Neolithic
• Paleolithic
• Stone Age

Anagrams

• homiletics