cretaceus

== Translingual == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin crētāceus (“chalky”). === Adjective === cretaceus m (feminine cretacea, neuter cretaceum) Chalky, resembling chalk in some way. (paleontology) Cretaceous, from the Cretaceous period. ==== Derived terms ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From crēta (“chalk”) +‎ -āceus, more at crēta. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kreːˈtaː.ke.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kreˈtaː.t͡ʃe.us] === Adjective === crētāceus (feminine crētācea, neuter crētāceum); first/second-declension adjective chalky, cretaceous ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== → English: cretaceous → French: crétacé → Translingual: cretaceus === References === “cretaceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “cretaceus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.