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Occurring between glaciations (colloquially known as ice ages).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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The relatively warm period between glacial periods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English glacial English interglacial From inter- + glacial.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Azerbaijani:
buzlaqarası
— occurring between glaciations
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Catalan:
interglacial
— occurring between glaciations
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Cornish:
ynterrewlivek
— occurring between glaciations
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French:
interglaciaire
— occurring between glaciations
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French:
post-glaciaire
— occurring between glaciations
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German:
interglazial
— occurring between glaciations
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Hungarian:
interglaciális
— occurring between glaciations
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Irish:
idiroighreach
— occurring between glaciations
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Kazakh:
мұздықаралық
(mūzdyqaralyq)
— occurring between glaciations
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Vietnamese:
gian băng
— occurring between glaciations
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Cornish:
prys ynterrewlivek
— relatively warm period between glacial periods
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Danish:
mellemistid
— relatively warm period between glacial periods
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Finnish:
interglasiaali
— relatively warm period between glacial periods
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German:
Warmzeit
— relatively warm period between glacial periods
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German:
Interglazial
— relatively warm period between glacial periods
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Hungarian:
interglaciális
— relatively warm period between glacial periods
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Irish:
tréimhse idiroighreach
— relatively warm period between glacial periods