prehistory (redirected from Pre-historic)

pre·his·to·ry  (pr-hst-r)

n. pl. pre·his·to·ries

1. History of humankind in the period before recorded history.

2. The circumstances or developments leading up to or surrounding a situation, event, or development; background: "[He] then told me the curious prehistory of his obsessive interest in the seduction theory" (Janet Malcolm).

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prehis·tori·an (-h-stôr-n, -str-) n.

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prehistory [priːˈhɪstərɪ]

n pl -ries

1. (Social Science / Archaeology) the prehistoric period

2. (Social Science / Archaeology) the study of this period, relying entirely on archaeological evidence

prehistorian  [ˌpriːhɪˈstɔːrɪən] n

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

prehistory - the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word prehistoric culture period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" Bronze Age - (archeology) a period between the Stone and Iron Ages, characterized by the manufacture and use of bronze tools and weapons Iron Age - (archeology) the period following the Bronze Age; characterized by rapid spread of iron tools and weapons Stone Age - (archeology) the earliest known period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone implements glacial epoch, glacial period, ice age - any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface; "the most recent ice age was during the Pleistocene"

Translations

prehistory [ˈpriːˈhɪstərɪ] N → prehistoria f

prehistory [ˌpriːˈhɪstəri] n → préhistoire f
pre-industrial [ˌpriːɪnˈdʌstriəl] preindustrial (US) adj → préindustriel(le)

prehistory

n → Vorgeschichte f

prehistory [ˌpriːˈhɪst/ərɪ] n → preistoria