ice age
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ice age¹
- /ˈaɪ.seɪd͡ʒ/
Where it comes from
Perhaps a calque of German Eiszeit.
noun ice ages · Ice Age
- A period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence of major polar ice sheets that reach the ocean and calve icebergs. The earth is currently in the Late Cenozoic Ice Age, an ice age that began 33.9 million years ago with the Antarctic Ice Cap.
- Any of several glacial periods (within a scientific ice age) marked by episodes of extensive glaciation alternating with episodes of relative warmth (interglacial). The cause of ice ages, Köppen decided, is to be found in cool summers, not brutal winters.
Ice Age²
noun Ice Ages
- Alternative letter-case form of ice age […] and the sloping collection of fractured rocks—known as talus—that tumbled down from the quartzite bluffs during the repeated freezings and unfreezings of the last Ice Age.
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noun period of glaciation at the poles
| Español | edad de hielo, evo glacial, era gélida, época álgida, periodo helado, período arrecido |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | हिमयुग himyug |
| Português | idade do gelo, era glacial |
| Français | âge de glace |
| Deutsch | Eiszeitalter |
| Română | perioadă glaciară, eră glaciară, epocă glaciară |
| العربية | عَصْر جَلِيدِيّ ʕaṣr jalīdiyy |
noun any of several glacial periods
| Español | glaciación |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 빙하기 binghagi, 빙기 binggi, 빙하시대 binghasidae |
| 日本語 | 氷河期 hyōgaki, 氷河時代 hyōga jidai |
| 中文 | 冰河時期 /冰河时期 bīnghé shíqī, 冰期 bīngqī, 冰河期 bīnghéqī |
| हिन्दी | हिमयुग himyug |
| Português | era do gelo, era glacial, idade do gelo, período glacial |
| Français | période glaciaire, glaciation, englaciation, âge de glace |
| Deutsch | Eiszeit, Eiszeitalter, Glazial |
| Italiano | era glaciale |
| Ελληνικά | Εποχή των Παγετώνων Epochí ton Pagetónon |
| Română | glaciațiune |
| Русский | леднико́вый пери́од lednikóvyj períod, обледене́ние obledenénije, оледене́ние oledenénije |
| Tiếng Việt | kỷ băng hà |
| العربية | عَصْر جَلِيدِيّ ʕaṣr jalīdiyy |
| עברית | עִדַּן קֶרַח \ עידן קרח |
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@misc{ice_age_2026,
title = {ice age},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ice%20age},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
