"Chalcolithic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkælkoʊˌlɪθɪk/
Etymology: From chalco- + -lith + -ic. Etymology templates: {{af|en|chalco-|-lith|-ic}} chalco- + -lith + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Chalcolithic (not comparable)
  1. Synonym of Eneolithic. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: Eneolithic [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-Chalcolithic-en-adj-4ZZW-Ra9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Copper, Paleontology Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Copper: 75 25 Disambiguation of Paleontology: 100 0

Proper name

IPA: /ˈkælkoʊˌlɪθɪk/
Etymology: From chalco- + -lith + -ic. Etymology templates: {{af|en|chalco-|-lith|-ic}} chalco- + -lith + -ic Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Chalcolithic
  1. The Chalcolithic period; the age between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.
    Sense id: en-Chalcolithic-en-name-TKlPhJGt Categories (other): English terms prefixed with chalco-, English terms suffixed with -ic, English terms suffixed with -lith, Archaeology Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with chalco-: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -lith: 30 70 Disambiguation of Archaeology: 37 63
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