fossiel
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fossiel (plural fossiele)
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Etymology edit
From French fossile, from Latin fossilis (“something which has been dug up”), from fodio (“I dig up”). First attested in the early 19th century.
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Noun edit
fossiel n (plural fossielen or fossiliën, diminutive fossieltje n)
- fossil
- (figuratively, derogatory) someone with very old fashioned ideas, a dinosaur
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fossiel (not comparable)
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| Inflection of fossiel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | fossiel | |||
| inflected | fossiele | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | fossiel | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | fossiele | ||
| n. sing. | fossiel | |||
| plural | fossiele | |||
| definite | fossiele | |||
| partitive | fossiels | |||