adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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mĕsōlĭthīk
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adj
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Short for the Mesolithic period.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective
Meaning 3
of or relating to a middle period of the Stone Age (following the paleolithic)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
middle part of the Stone Age beginning about 15,000 years ago
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Mesolithic Age, Epipaleolithic
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: time period, period of time, period
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-? Proto-Indo-European *-dhe Proto-Indo-European *médhi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médhyos Proto-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der. English meso- English -lithic English Mesolithic From meso- + -lithic.
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Belarusian:
мезаліты́чны
(mjezalitýčny)
— of or referring to the Middle Stone Age
Catalan:
mesolític
— of or referring to the Middle Stone Age
Finnish:
mesoliittinen
— of or referring to the Middle Stone Age
Galician:
mesolítico
— of or referring to the Middle Stone Age
German:
mittelsteinzeitlich
— of or referring to the Middle Stone Age
German:
mesolithisch
— of or referring to the Middle Stone Age
Hindi:
मध्यपाषाण
(madhyapāṣāṇ)
— of or referring to the Middle Stone Age
Irish:
Méisiliteach
— of or referring to the Middle Stone Age
Korean:
중석기 시대
(Jungseokgi sidae)
— of or referring to the Middle Stone Age
Korean:
중석기
(Jungseokgi)
— of or referring to the Middle Stone Age
Polish:
mezolityczny
— of or referring to the Middle Stone Age
Russian:
мезолити́ческий
(mezolitíčeskij)
— of or referring to the Middle Stone Age
Ukrainian:
мезоліти́чний
(mezolitýčnyj)
— of or referring to the Middle Stone Age
Ukrainian:
середньокам'яни́й
(serednʹokamʺjanýj)
— of or referring to the Middle Stone Age
Asturian:
mesolíticu
— Mesolithic period
Belarusian:
мезалі́т
(mjezalít)
— Mesolithic period
Catalan:
mesolític
— Mesolithic period
Chinese:
中石器時代 /中石器时代
(Zhōngshíqì Shídài)
— Mesolithic period
Czech:
mezolit
— Mesolithic period
Danish:
ældre stenalder
— Mesolithic period
Dutch:
Mesolithicum
— Mesolithic period
Estonian:
mesoliitikum
— Mesolithic period
Finnish:
mesoliittinen kausi
— Mesolithic period
French:
mésolithique
— Mesolithic period
Galician:
mesolítico
— Mesolithic period
German:
Mittelsteinzeit
— Mesolithic period
German:
Mesolithikum
— Mesolithic period
Greek:
νεοολιθική
(neoolithikí)
— Mesolithic period
Hebrew:
תקופת האבן התיכונה
— Mesolithic period
Hindi:
मध्यपाषाण काल
(madhyapāṣāṇ kāl)
— Mesolithic period
Interlingua:
mesolitico
— Mesolithic period
Italian:
mesolitico
— Mesolithic period
Japanese:
中石器時代
(Chūsekki Jidai)
— Mesolithic period
Korean:
중석기 시대
(Jungseokgi sidae)
— Mesolithic period