archaean

1. 1.

   of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the Precambrian Eon

   Synonymsarchean

   Similarearly

   geology

Questions about archaean

What does archaean mean?

archaean means "of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the Precambrian Eon".

How many syllables are in archaean?

archaean has 4 syllables and divides as ar-cha-e-an under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for archaean?

Close synonyms include archean. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is archaean a common word?

archaean is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.