fossile

See also: Fossile

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fossilis (“something which has been dug up”), from fodiō (“to dig up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔ.sil/

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Noun

fossile m (plural fossiles)

1. fossil

Derived terms

• énergie fossile
• fossile vivant
• fossilifère
• fossilisation
• fossilisé
• fossiliser
• fossilité
• microfossile

 

Descendants

• → German: Fossil
• → Romanian: fosilă
• → Turkish: fosil

Further reading

• “fossile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

fossile

1. inflection of fossil:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Interlingua

Adjective

fossile (not comparable)

1. fossil

Noun

fossile (plural fossiles)

1. fossil

Derived terms

• fossilisar
• fossilisation

Italian

Etymology

From Latin fossilis (“something which has been dug up”), from fodio (“to dig up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔs.si.le/
• Rhymes: -ɔssile
• Hyphenation: fòs‧si‧le

Adjective

fossile (plural fossili)

1. fossil

Noun

fossile m (plural fossili)

1. fossil (all senses)

Derived terms

• carbon fossile
• combustibile fossile
• fossile vivente
• fossilifero
• fossilizzare

 

Latin

Adjective

fossile

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of fossilis

Norman

Etymology

From Latin fossilis (“something which has been dug up”), from fodio (“I dig up”).

Noun

fossile f (plural fossiles)

1. (Jersey) fossil

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

fossile

1. inflection of fossil:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

fossile

1. definite singular of fossil
2. plural of fossil

Swedish

Adjective

fossile

1. definite natural masculine singular of fossil