Meanings
eneolithic1
- alternativenot comparableAlternative form of Eneolithic.
Eneolithic2
comparative more Eneolithic · superlative most Eneolithic · alternative Aeneolithic · alternative aeneolithic · alternative eneolithic · alternative Æneolithic
- archaeologyDescribing the Copper Age, which occurred between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.
Perhaps linguists have provided a step towards the right solution in presenting evidence from Indo-European kinship terminology that the Indo-Europeans were very much into exogamy, including taking the Eneolithic equivalent of mail-order brides from afar.
2025 April 24, J. P. Mallory, “15: The Steppe Model”, in The Indo-Europeans Rediscovered: How a Scientific Revolution is Rewriting Their Story, Thames & Hudson, →ISBNSynonyms: Chalcolithic, Cyprolithic, Copper Age
alternative Aeneolithic · alternative aeneolithic · alternative eneolithic · alternative Æneolithic
- archaeologyThe age between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.
The spread of PIE has therefore been linked to a Late Eneolithic and Early Bronze-Age expansion of nomadic horse-riders and stock-breeders, visible in the archaeology of the Steppe.
2025 December 12, Tom Hercules Davies, “Horses, Wheels, Languages: Greek, Mesopotamian and Indic Epic on the Eurasian Steppe”, in The Classical Quarterly, volume 75, number 1, page 12Synonyms: Copper Age, Chalcolithic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveDescribing the Copper Age, which occurred between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.
proper nounThe age between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.
Origin
- Latinaeneus“copper, bronze”
- Italianeneolitico
- EnglishEneolithic
Borrowed from Italian eneolitico, from Latin aeneus (“copper, bronze”).
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Catalan eneolític, eneolític
- eneolíticdescribing the age between the Neolithic and Bronze age
- eneolíticage between the Neolithic and Bronze age
French énéolithique, cuprolithique
- énéolithiquedescribing the age between the Neolithic and Bronze age
- cuprolithiquedescribing the age between the Neolithic and Bronze age
German chalkolithisch, Chalkolithikum
- chalkolithischdescribing the age between the Neolithic and Bronze age
- Chalkolithikumage between the Neolithic and Bronze age
- Kupfersteinzeitage between the Neolithic and Bronze age
- Kupferzeitage between the Neolithic and Bronze age
Hindi ताम्रयुग
- ताम्रयुग (tāmrayug)describing the age between the Neolithic and Bronze age
Italian eneolitico, eneolitico
- eneoliticodescribing the age between the Neolithic and Bronze age
- eneoliticoage between the Neolithic and Bronze age
Polish eneolityczny, eneolit
- eneolitycznydescribing the age between the Neolithic and Bronze age
- eneolitage between the Neolithic and Bronze age
Portuguese eneolítico, calcolítico
- eneolíticodescribing the age between the Neolithic and Bronze age
- calcolíticodescribing the age between the Neolithic and Bronze age
- eneolíticoage between the Neolithic and Bronze age
Romanian eneolitic
- eneoliticdescribing the age between the Neolithic and Bronze age
Turkish Bakır Çağı, Bakır Taş Çağı
- Bakır Çağıage between the Neolithic and Bronze age
- Bakır Taş Çağıage between the Neolithic and Bronze age
- Maden Taş Çağıage between the Neolithic and Bronze age
- Kalkolitik Çağage between the Neolithic and Bronze age
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Cite this entry
eneolithic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eneolithic
“eneolithic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eneolithic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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