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heidelberg man

Hei·del·berg man
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hahyd-l-burg man]
    • /ˈhaɪd lˌbɜrg mæn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hahyd-l-burg man]
    • /ˈhaɪd lˌbɜrg mæn/

Definitions of heidelberg man words

  • noun heidelberg man the primitive human being reconstructed from the Heidelberg jaw. 1
  • noun heidelberg man a type of primitive man, Homo heidelbergensis, occurring in Europe in the middle Palaeolithic age, known only from a single fossil lower jaw 0
  • noun heidelberg man a type of early human known from a fossil lower jaw discovered in 1907 near Heidelberg, Germany: believed to be from the Paleolithic period 0

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Origin of heidelberg man

First appearance:

before 1925
One of the 11% newest English words
First recorded in 1925-30

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Parts of speech for Heidelberg man

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

heidelberg man popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 60% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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