Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

interglacial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English

Syllables: in-ter-glacial
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Occurring between glaciations (colloquially known as ice ages).

noun

The relatively warm period between glacial periods.

Example Sentences

"Palaeoenvironmental evidence from northwest Europe indicates that the oligocratic phase of the interglacial cycle (Fig. 3.1) had begun by ca. 5K years BP."
"The climatic recession which produced Britain's last glaciers came rapidly to an end about 10,000 bp, as temperatures rose during the end of the protocratic phase of the present interglacial."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English glacial English interglacial From inter- + glacial.

Inflected Forms

interglacials (plural)

Derived Forms

interglacially

Phrases

interglacial optimum

Frequently Paired Words

interstadial

Rhymes With

racial facial spatial glacial multiracial biracial palatial maxillofacial craniofacial spacial subglacial orofacial

Questions

What does interglacial mean?: Occurring between glaciations (colloquially known as ice ages).
Where does interglacial come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English glacial English interglacial From inter- + glacial.

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