postglaciaire
French, adjective\pɔst.ɡla.sjɛʁ\
postglaciaire is spelled P-O-S-T-G-L-A-C-I-A-I-R-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 79 million words in written French, the 279,127th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Postglaciaire is a French adjective meaning “postglacial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui succède à une période glaciaire, à une glaciation”.
What does postglaciaire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
postglacial
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui succède à une période glaciaire, à une glaciation.
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 postglaciaire
- postglaciaires plural
- post-glaciaire
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce postglaciaire?
- \pɔst.ɡla.sjɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is postglaciaire in French?
postglaciaire appears about once in every 79 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).