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fossil
English
Etymology
From French fossile, from Latin fossilis (“something which has been dug up”), from fodio (“I dig up”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?f?s?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?f??s?l/
- Rhymes: -?s?l
- Hyphenation: fos?sil
Noun
fossil (plural fossils)
- The mineralized remains of an animal or plant.
- (paleontology) Any preserved evidence of ancient life, including shells, imprints, burrows, coprolites, and organically-produced chemicals.
- (linguistics) A fossil word.
- (figuratively) Anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated.
- (figuratively) An extremely old or outdated person.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- coprolite
- Fossil (Oregon)
Danish
Etymology 1
From Latin fossilis, from fossa (“ditch”).
Adjective
fossil
- fossil (noun modifier), fossilised (UK), fossilized
Inflection
Etymology 2
From New Latin fossile.
Noun
fossil n (singular definite fossilet, plural indefinite fossiler)
- fossil
Inflection
German
Etymology
From Latin fossilis (“something which has been dug up”), from fodio (“I dig up”).
Adjective
fossil (not comparable)
- fossil
Declension
Further reading
- “fossil” in Duden online
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Latin fossilis
Adjective
fossil (neuter singular fossilt, definite singular and plural fossile)
- fossilised (UK), fossilized, or fossil (noun modifier: e.g. fossil fuels)
Etymology 2
From New Latin [Term?]
Noun
fossil m or n (definite singular fossilen or fossilet, indefinite plural fossiler or fossil, definite plural fossilene or fossila)
- a fossil (fossilised remains of an animal or plant)
Derived terms
- levende fossil
References
- “fossil” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Latin fossilis
Adjective
fossil (neuter singular fossilt, definite singular and plural fossile)
- fossilised (UK), fossilized, or fossil (noun modifier)
Etymology 2
From New Latin
Noun
fossil n (definite singular fossilet, indefinite plural fossil, definite plural fossila)
- a fossil (as above)
References
- “fossil” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Adjective
fossil
- fossil
Declension
Noun
fossil n
- a fossil
Declension
Related terms
- dinosauriefossil
- fossilbränsle
- fossilerad
- fossilförande
- fossilisation
- fossilisera
- fossilisering
References
- fossil in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
fossil From the web:
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paleontologist
English
Alternative forms
- palaeontologist, palæontologist
Etymology
paleontology +? -ist
Noun
paleontologist (plural paleontologists)
- One who studies paleontology.
- An alternative approach is to break down cultures into ab-
stract elements and to establish, between elements of the same
type in different cultures, rather than between cultures themselves,
the same kind of relationships of historical descent and progressive
differentiation which the paleontologist sees in the evolution of
species.
- An alternative approach is to break down cultures into ab-
Translations
paleontologist From the web:
- what paleontologists do
- what paleontologists search for
- what paleontologists study
- what paleontologist mean
- what paleontologists tools
- what paleontologist study fossils
- what paleontologist use
- paleontologist what do they wear
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