"fossiel" meaning in Dutch

See fossiel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /fɔˈsil/ Audio: Nl-fossiel.ogg Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], fossiel [adverbial, positive, predicative], fossiele [feminine, indefinite, masculine, positive, singular], fossiel [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], fossiele [indefinite, plural, positive], fossiele [definite, positive], fossiels [partitive, positive]
Rhymes: -il Etymology: From French fossile, from Latin fossilis (“something which has been dug up”), from fodio (“I dig up”). First attested in the early 19th century. Etymology templates: {{der|nl|fr|fossile}} French fossile, {{der|nl|la|fossilis||something which has been dug up}} Latin fossilis (“something which has been dug up”) Head templates: {{nl-adj|-}} fossiel (not comparable) Inflection templates: {{nl-decl-adj||-}}
  1. fossil Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-fossiel-nl-adj-1zX7Xp8v Categories (other): Paleontology Disambiguation of Paleontology: 50 50 0

Noun

IPA: /fɔˈsil/ Audio: Nl-fossiel.ogg Forms: fossielen [plural], fossiliën [plural], fossieltje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -il Etymology: From French fossile, from Latin fossilis (“something which has been dug up”), from fodio (“I dig up”). First attested in the early 19th century. Etymology templates: {{der|nl|fr|fossile}} French fossile, {{der|nl|la|fossilis||something which has been dug up}} Latin fossilis (“something which has been dug up”) Head templates: {{nl-noun|n|-en|+|pl2=fossiliën}} fossiel n (plural fossielen or fossiliën, diminutive fossieltje n)
  1. fossil Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-fossiel-nl-noun-1zX7Xp8v Categories (other): Paleontology Disambiguation of Paleontology: 50 50 0
  2. (figuratively, derogatory) someone with very old fashioned ideas, a dinosaur Tags: derogatory, figuratively, neuter
    Sense id: en-fossiel-nl-noun-d-VH7zz- Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 21 21 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fossielenbestand, gidsfossiel, levend fossiel, sporenfossiel

Inflected forms

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