Cambrian

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English Cambria

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nosder.

Proto-Italic *-ānos

Latin -ānus

Old French -ainder.

Middle English -an

English -an

English Cambrian

From Cambria + -an.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkam.bɹɪ.ən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkæm.bɹi.ən/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪm.bɹi.ən/, /ˈkæm.bɹi.ən/
• Hyphenation: Cam‧bri‧an

Adjective

Cambrian (comparative more Cambrian, superlative most Cambrian)

1. (geology) Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises lower, middle and Furongian epochs from about 542 to 490 million years ago.
2. Of or relating to Wales.

Derived terms

• Cambrian explosion
• Cambrian Mountains
• Precambrian

Translations

of or pertaining to the Cambrian geologic period

• Catalan: cambrià
• Dutch: cambrisch
• Esperanto: kambria
• Finnish: kambrinen (fi)
• German: kambrisch (de)
• Greek: κάμβριος m (kámvrios)
• Irish: Caimbriach
• Portuguese: câmbrico, cambriano
• Russian: кембри́йский (ru) (kembríjskij)
• Spanish: cámbrico (es)
• Swedish: kambrisk (sv)
• Volapük: kambriumik, Kambriumik
• Welsh: Cambriaidd

of or pertaining to Wales

• Finnish: walesilainen (fi)
• Russian: ки́мрский (kímrskij), валли́йский (ru) (vallíjskij), уэ́льский (ru) (uélʹskij)

Noun

Cambrian (plural Cambrians)

1. A Welsh person.

   Synonym: Walian

   Hyponyms: Welshman, Welshwoman

Proper noun

the Cambrian

1. (geology) The Cambrian period.

Derived terms

• Middle Cambrian
• Precambrian

Translations

the Cambrian geologic period

• Afrikaans: kambrium
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 寒武紀 / 寒武纪 (zh) (hánwǔ-jì)

• Czech: kambrium n
• Dutch: cambrium (nl) n
• Esperanto: kambrio
• Estonian: kambrium
• Finnish: kambrikausi (fi)
• French: Cambrien (fr)
• German: Kambrium (de) n
• Greek: Κάμβρια f (Kámvria)
• Hungarian: kambrium (hu)
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: カンブリア紀 (ja) (カンブリアき, kanburia-ki), 寒武利亜紀 (カンブリアき, kanburia-ki) (obsolete orthography)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Кембрийн галав (Kembriin galav)

  Mongolian script: ᠻᠧᠮᠪᠷᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ
  ᠭᠠᠯᠪᠠ (kēmbri-yin ɣalba)

• Norwegian: kambrium (no) m
• Polish: kambr (pl) m
• Portuguese: Câmbrico m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: кембри́йский пери́од (ru) m (kembríjskij períod), ке́мбрий (ru) m (kémbrij)
• Spanish: cámbrico (es) m
• Swedish: kambrium (sv) n
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: kỉ Cam-bri
• Volapük: kambrium, Kambrium
• Welsh: Cambriaidd m

See also

• Appendix:Geologic timescale

Further reading

• Cambrian on Wikipedia.Wikipedia