éocène
French, adjective/e.ɔ.sɛn/
éocène is spelled É-O-C-È-N-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 62,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Éocène is a French adjective meaning “Eocene” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui se rapporte à l’Éocène, première période de l’ère tertiaire”.
What does éocène mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Eocene
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui se rapporte à l’Éocène, première période de l’ère tertiaire.
noun: 1. Deuxième période du Paléogène, comprise entre –55,8 et –33,9 millions d’années.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of éocène
- éocènes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce éocène?
- /e.ɔ.sɛn/
- \e.ɔ.sɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to éocène
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is éocène in French?
éocène appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).