Cretaceous

See also: cretaceous

Cretaceous - English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /kɹəˈteɪ.ʃəs/

Proper noun

Cretaceous

  1. (geology) The geologic period within the Mesozoic era that comprises lower and upper epochs from about 146 to 66 million years ago.

Derived terms

Translations

  • Armenian: Կեղտոտ (Kełtot)
  • Azerbaijani: Kretase
  • Chinese:
  • Czech: křída (cs) f
  • Dutch: Krijt (nl) n
  • Estonian: kriit (et)
  • Finnish: liitukausi (fi)
  • French: Crétacé (fr) m
  • Galician: Cretáceo (gl) m
  • Georgian: ცარცული (carculi)
  • German: Kreide (de) f
  • Greek: Κρητιδική (el) f (Kritidikí)
  • Hebrew: קְרֶטִיקוֹן (he) m (qretiqón)
  • Hungarian: kréta (hu)
  • Japanese: 白亜紀 (はくあき, Hakuaki), 白堊紀 (はくあき, Hakuaki)
  • Korean: 백악기 (ko) (Baegakgi)
  • Mongolian:
    • Cyrillic: Цэрдийн галав (Cerdiin galav)
    • Mongolian: ᠴᠡᠷᠳᠡ ᠵᠢᠨᠭᠠᠯᠪᠠ (čerde-ǰin ɣalba)
  • Polish: kreda (pl) f
  • Portuguese: cretáceo (pt) m
  • Russian: мелово́й пери́од (ru) m (melovój períod), мел (ru) m (mel)
  • Spanish: Cretáceo (es) m, Cretácico (es) m
  • Swedish: krita (sv)
  • Uyghur: بور دەۋرى (bor dewri)
  • Vietnamese: kỉ Crê-ta, kỉ Phấn Trắng
Meaning and Definition of Cretaceous
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