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 Translation for 'ice age' from English to Finnish
NOUN   an ice age | ice ages
SYNO glacial epoch | glacial period | ice age
jääkautinen {adj}ice-age [attr.]
geol.
jääkausi {noun}
ice age
Partial Matches
jää {noun}ice
ikääntyäto age
ikäluokka {noun}age group
jäänsininen {adj}ice-blue
sosiol.
väestöpyramidi {noun}
age pyramid
ikätoveri {noun}age-mate
ikäero {noun}age difference
meteo.
ikijää {noun}
perpetual ice
bot.
vuosilusto {noun}
age ring
vähimmäisikä {noun}minimum age
urheilu
luistin {noun}
ice skate
geogr.
shelfijäätikkö {noun}
ice shelf
geol.hydro.
shelfijäätikkö {noun}
shelf ice
meteo.
jääsohjo {noun}
ice slush
ahtojää {noun}pack ice
hydro.
ajojää {noun}
drift ice
jääkukka {noun}ice flower
ikivanha {adj}age-old
jääkylmä {adj}ice-cold
jäämurska {noun}crushed ice
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Usage Examples English
  • and corresponds to the altitude of the largest of the Pierres du Niton, two large rocks emerging from the lake which date from the last ice age.
  • Following the Little Ice Age's end around 1850, glaciers around the Earth have retreated substantially.
  • Much of the geography of Finland is a result of the Ice Age.
  • Scientists have proved this theory by sampling eight summits of northwestern Svalbard using Be10 and Al26, showing that northwestern Svalbard transformed from a glacier-erosion state under relatively mild glacial maxima temperature, to a glacier-armor state occupied by cold-based, protective ice during much colder glacial maxima temperatures as the Quaternary ice age progressed.
  • Linear loess hills known as pahas are superficially similar. These hills appear to have been formed during the last ice age under permafrost conditions dominated by sparse tundra vegetation.

  • This was formed following the retreat of ice age glaciers which left the area dotted with kettle holes, locally referred to as meres.
  • In the spring of 2020, Chaosium took over distribution of the English translations of Spanish fantasy game "Aquelarre" and French Ice Age roleplaying game "Würm", both of which had been successfully kickstarted by Nocturnal Media.
  • Its depth, with steep east and west sides and shallow north and south ends, is typical of the Finger Lakes, as they were carved by glaciers during the last ice age.
  • This arrangement was caused by severe glaciation during the ice age, which covered the Shield and scraped the rock clean.
  • Historical, geographical, and pictorial records point toward a consistent and progressive depletion of ice-and-snow masses in the Colombian Andes since the end of the "Little Ice Age" in the late 1800s.

  • All three islands were formed by large coral heads covering submerged ice-age peaks of western extensions of the Cuban Sierra Maestra range and are mostly flat.
  • The Carboniferous is considered part of the Late Palaeozoic Ice Age, which began in the latest Devonian with the formation of small glaciers in Gondwana.
  • A settlement on Greenland was established before 1000 CE, but contact with it was lost in 1409 and it was finally abandoned during the early Little Ice Age.
  • A study of North Atlantic seasonal temperature variability during the Little Ice Age showed a significant decrease in maximum summer temperatures beginning in the late 13th century to early 14th century – as much as [...] lower than modern summer temperatures.
  • By comparison, at the height of the last ice age, sea levels were more than [...] lower than they are now.

  • The Inn valley is an example of a valley carved by glaciers during the ice ages with a typical terraced structure caused by erosion.
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