"Quaternary" meaning in English

See Quaternary in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈkwɑt.əɹˌnɛɹ.i/ [General-American], /kwəˈtɜɹ.nə.ɹi/ [General-American], /ˈkwɒt.əˌnɛɹ.iː/ [Received-Pronunciation, rare], /kwəˈtɜː.nə.ɹiː/ [Received-Pronunciation]
enPR: kwŏt′ər-nĕr′ē, kwə-tûr′nə-rē Etymology: From Latin quaternārius (“consisting of four”), from quaternī (“by fours”); in numerical sense via Middle English quaternary. Compare French quaternaire. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|quaternārius|t=consisting of four}} Latin quaternārius (“consisting of four”), {{der|en|enm|quaternary}} Middle English quaternary, {{cog|fr|quaternaire}} French quaternaire Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Quaternary
  1. (geology) The geological period of the Cenozoic Era immediately following the Tertiary. It is subdivided into the Pleistocene and the Holocene Epochs. Categories (topical): Geology Translations (geological period): quaternari [masculine] (Catalan), čtvrtohory [plural] (Czech), kvartér [masculine] (Czech), Kwartair [neuter] (Dutch), kvartäärikausi (Finnish), quaternaire [masculine] (French), მეოთხეული (meotxeuli) (Georgian), მეოთხეული სისტემა (meotxeuli sisṭema) (Georgian), მეოთხეული პერიოდი (meotxeuli ṗeriodi) (Georgian), Quartär [neuter] (German), negyedidőszak (Hungarian), quaternario [masculine] (Italian), 第四紀 (daiyonki) (Japanese), czwartorzęd [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), Quaternário [masculine] (Portuguese), Четвертичный пери́од (Četvertičnyj períod) [masculine] (Russian), Kvartar [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), Kvartér (Slovak), Kvartar (Slovene), Cuaternario [masculine] (Spanish), kvartär [common-gender] (Swedish), Антропогенова система (Antropohenova systema) [feminine] (Ukrainian), kỉ Đệ Tứ (Vietnamese)
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  2. Alternative letter-case form of quaternary. Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: quaternary Related terms: Neogene, Tertiary
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "geological period",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quaternario"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "daiyonki",
      "sense": "geological period",
      "word": "第四紀"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "geological period",
      "tags": [
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "czwartorzęd"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "geological period",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Quaternário"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Četvertičnyj períod",
      "sense": "geological period",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Четвертичный пери́од"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "geological period",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "Kvartar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "geological period",
      "word": "Kvartér"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "geological period",
      "word": "Kvartar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "geological period",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Cuaternario"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "geological period",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kvartär"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Antropohenova systema",
      "sense": "geological period",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Антропогенова система"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "geological period",
      "word": "kỉ Đệ Tứ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Quaternary"
  ],
  "word": "Quaternary"
}

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