stone age
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Stone Age¹
- /ˈstəʊn ˌeɪdʒ/ UK
- /ˈstoʊn ˌeɪdʒ/ US
proper noun the Stone Age · stone-age
- A broad prehistoric period during which humans widely used stone for toolmaking. Holonym: prehistory
- Any extremely primitive or undeveloped era. If they attack our country, we'll bomb them back to the Stone Age!
- The time a particular field was introduced and was in its earliest stages of development.
stone age²
proper noun
- Alternative letter-case form of Stone Age Were it not that folk-lore has almost died out, more than one domestic rite might be traced back to the stone age.
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name prehistoric period
| Español | Edad de Piedra |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 석기 시대 Seokgi sidae |
| 日本語 | 石器時代 Sekki Jidai |
| 中文 | 石器時代 /石器时代 Shíqì Shídài |
| हिन्दी | प्रस्तरयुग prastaryug, पाषाण युग pāṣāṇ yug, पाषाणयुग pāṣāṇyug, पाषाणकाल pāṣāṇkāl |
| Kiswahili | Zama za Mawe |
| Português | idade da pedra, Idade da Pedra |
| Français | âge de pierre |
| Deutsch | Steinzeit |
| Italiano | età della pietra |
| Ελληνικά | Εποχή του Λίθου Epochí tou Líthou |
| Română | epoca de piatră |
| Русский | ка́менный век kámennyj vek |
| Tiếng Việt | thời đại đồ đá |
| العربية | الْعَصْر الْحَجَرِيّ al-ʕaṣr al-ḥajariyy, عَصْر حَجَرِيّ ʕaṣr ḥajariyy |
| עברית | תְּקוּפַת הָאֶבֶן |
name informal: any extremely primitive or undeveloped era
| 한국어 | 석기 시대 Seokgi sidae, 구석기 Guseokgi |
|---|---|
| Русский | ка́менный век kámennyj vek |
name figuratively: the time a particular field was introduced
| Русский | ка́менный век kámennyj vek |
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@misc{stone_age_2026,
title = {stone age},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stone%20age},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
