pliocène
French, adjective\pli.jɔ.sɛn\
pliocène is spelled P-L-I-O-C-È-N-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 53,838th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pliocène is a French adjective meaning “Pliocene” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui appartient à la partie la plus récente de l’ère tertiaire”.
What does pliocène mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Pliocene
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui appartient à la partie la plus récente de l’ère tertiaire.
noun: 1. Deuxième période du Néogène, comprise entre -5,332 et -2,588 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 pliocène
- pliocènes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pliocène?
- \pli.jɔ.sɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pliocène in French?
pliocène appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).