pléistocène
French, adjective\ple.is.tɔ.sɛn\
pléistocène is spelled P-L-É-I-S-T-O-C-È-N-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 62,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pléistocène is a French adjective meaning “Pleistocene” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui appartient au début de l’ère quaternaire”.
What does pléistocène mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Pleistocene
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui appartient au début de l’ère quaternaire.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de Pléistocène.
noun: 1. Troisième période du Néogène, comprise entre -11 et -1 800 milliers 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 pléistocène
- pléistocènes plural
- Pléistocène
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pléistocène?
- \ple.is.tɔ.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 pléistocène
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pléistocène in French?
pléistocène 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).