"fossil" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɒsl̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɑsl̩/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-fossil.ogg Forms: fossils [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒsəl Etymology: From French fossile, from Latin fossilis (“something which has been dug up”), from fodio (“I dig up”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|fossile}} French fossile, {{der|en|la|fossilis||something which has been dug up}} Latin fossilis (“something which has been dug up”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} fossil (plural fossils)
  1. The mineralized remains of an animal or plant. Translations (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant): مُسْتَحَاثَة (mustaḥāṯa) [feminine] (Arabic), أُحْفُورَة (ʔuḥfūra) [feminine] (Arabic), fósil [masculine] (Asturian), вы́капень (výkapjenʹ) [masculine] (Belarusian), скамяне́ласць (skamjanjélascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), вкаменелост (vkamenelost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), fòssil [masculine] (Catalan), 化石 (huàshí) (Chinese Mandarin), zkamenělina [feminine] (Czech), fosilie [feminine] (Czech), fossil [neuter] (Danish), fossiel [neuter] (Dutch), fosilio (Esperanto), fossiili (Finnish), fossile [masculine] (French), fósil [masculine] (Galician), Fossil [neuter] (German), απολίθωμα (apolíthoma) [neuter] (Greek), जीवाश्म (jīvāśma) [masculine] (Hindi), fosszília (Hungarian), steingervingur [masculine] (Icelandic), fosilo (Ido), fosil (Indonesian), iontaise [feminine] (Irish), fossile [masculine] (Italian), 化石 (kaseki) (alt: かせき) (Japanese), ហ្វូស៊ីល (fousiil) (Khmer), បាសាណីភូត (baasaanəyphuut) (Khmer), 화석 (hwaseok) (alt: 化石) (Korean), ຊາກຊີວະບູຮານ (sāk sī wa bū hān) (Lao), fossilis [masculine] (Latin), fosilija [feminine] (Latvian), pārakmeņojums [masculine] (Latvian), фоси́л (fosíl) [masculine] (Macedonian), fosil (Malay), mātātoka (Maori), fossile [feminine] (Norman), fossil [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), fossil [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), مستحاثه (müstehase) (Ottoman Turkish), فسیل (fosil) (Persian), سنگواره (sangvâre) (Persian), skamielina [feminine] (Polish), skamieniałość [feminine] (Polish), fóssil (Portuguese), fosilă [feminine] (Romanian), ископа́емое (iskopájemoje) [neuter] (Russian), окамене́лость (okamenélostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), fòsīl [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), фо̀сӣл [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), skamenelina [feminine] (Slovak), fosil [masculine] (Slovene), okamenina [feminine] (Slovene), fósil [masculine] (Spanish), kisukuku (Swahili), fossil [neuter] (Swedish), hayto (Tagalog), ฟอสซิล (fɔ́ɔt-sîn) (Thai), ซากดึกดำบรรพ์ (sâak-dʉ̀k-dam-ban) (Thai), fosil (Turkish), taşıl (Turkish), копа́лина (kopályna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), скам'яні́лість (skamʺjanílistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), hoá thạch (Vietnamese), פֿאָסיל (fosil) [masculine] (Yiddish), àkẹ̀kù (Yoruba)
    Sense id: en-fossil-en-noun-vek8nZHM Disambiguation of 'The mineralized remains of an animal or plant': 96 1 1 2 0
  2. (paleontology) Any preserved evidence of ancient life, including shells, imprints, burrows, coprolites, and organically-produced chemicals. Categories (topical): Paleontology Translations (paleontology: any preserved evidence of ancient life): фосил (fosil) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ősmaradvány [singular] (Hungarian), iontaise [feminine] (Irish), fossile [masculine] (Italian), mātātoka (Maori), فسیل (fosil) (Persian), سنگواره (sangvâre) (Persian), fosilă [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-fossil-en-noun-Ktryw6fQ Topics: biology, history, human-sciences, natural-sciences, paleontology, sciences Disambiguation of 'paleontology: any preserved evidence of ancient life': 1 80 16 2 1
  3. (linguistics) A fossil word. Categories (topical): Linguistics
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  4. (figuratively) Anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated. Tags: figuratively Translations (a fossilized term): fòssil [masculine] (Catalan), fossiili (Finnish), fossile [masculine] (Italian), fóssil (Portuguese), fosilă [feminine] (Romanian) Translations (anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated): изкопаемо (izkopaemo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), fòssil [masculine] (Catalan), 化石 (huàshí) (Chinese Mandarin), oldtidslevning [common-gender] (Danish), fossiili (Finnish), Fossil [neuter] (German), őskövület (Hungarian), fossile [masculine] (Italian), 化石 (kaseki) (alt: かせき) (Japanese), فسیل (fosil) (Persian), fóssil (Portuguese), fosilă [feminine] (Romanian), ископа́емое (iskopájemoje) [neuter] (Russian), fòsīl [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), fosil (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-fossil-en-noun-VILTAbJK Disambiguation of 'a fossilized term': 4 15 23 34 24 Disambiguation of 'anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated': 2 3 2 78 16
  5. (figuratively) An extremely old or outdated person. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-fossil-en-noun-ovUdUtdp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: coprolite, Fossil (english: Oregon)

Inflected forms

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          "code": "gl",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
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          "roman": "jīvāśma",
          "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
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          "word": "जीवाश्म"
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          "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
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          "code": "is",
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          "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
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          "word": "steingervingur"
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          "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
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          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
          "word": "fosil"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
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          "word": "iontaise"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
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          "alt": "かせき",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kaseki",
          "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
          "word": "化石"
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          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "fousiil",
          "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
          "word": "ហ្វូស៊ីល"
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          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "baasaanəyphuut",
          "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
          "word": "បាសាណីភូត"
        },
        {
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          "alt": "化石",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "hwaseok",
          "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
          "word": "화석"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "sāk sī wa bū hān",
          "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
          "word": "ຊາກຊີວະບູຮານ"
        },
        {
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "fossilis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fosilija"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "pārakmeņojums"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "fosíl",
          "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "фоси́л"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 1 1 2 0",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
          "word": "fosil"
        },
        {
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    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fossilis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fosilija"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pārakmeņojums"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "fosíl",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фоси́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "word": "fosil"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "word": "mātātoka"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fossile"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fossil"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fossil"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "fosil",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "word": "فسیل"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sangvâre",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "word": "سنگواره"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "skamielina"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "skamieniałość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "word": "fóssil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fosilă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "iskopájemoje",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ископа́емое"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "okamenélostʹ",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "окамене́лость"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fòsīl"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фо̀сӣл"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "skamenelina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fosil"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "okamenina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fósil"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "word": "kisukuku"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fossil"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "word": "hayto"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "fɔ́ɔt-sîn",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "word": "ฟอสซิล"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sâak-dʉ̀k-dam-ban",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "word": "ซากดึกดำบรรพ์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "word": "fosil"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "word": "taşıl"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "müstehase",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "word": "مستحاثه"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kopályna",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "копа́лина"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "skamʺjanílistʹ",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "скам'яні́лість"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "word": "hoá thạch"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "fosil",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פֿאָסיל"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "The mineralized remains of an animal or plant",
      "word": "àkẹ̀kù"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "fosil",
      "sense": "paleontology: any preserved evidence of ancient life",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фосил"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "paleontology: any preserved evidence of ancient life",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "ősmaradvány"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "paleontology: any preserved evidence of ancient life",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "iontaise"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "paleontology: any preserved evidence of ancient life",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fossile"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "paleontology: any preserved evidence of ancient life",
      "word": "mātātoka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "fosil",
      "sense": "paleontology: any preserved evidence of ancient life",
      "word": "فسیل"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sangvâre",
      "sense": "paleontology: any preserved evidence of ancient life",
      "word": "سنگواره"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "paleontology: any preserved evidence of ancient life",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fosilă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a fossilized term",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fòssil"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a fossilized term",
      "word": "fossiili"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a fossilized term",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fossile"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a fossilized term",
      "word": "fóssil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a fossilized term",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fosilă"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izkopaemo",
      "sense": "anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "изкопаемо"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fòssil"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huàshí",
      "sense": "anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated",
      "word": "化石"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "oldtidslevning"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated",
      "word": "fossiili"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Fossil"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated",
      "word": "őskövület"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fossile"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かせき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kaseki",
      "sense": "anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated",
      "word": "化石"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "fosil",
      "sense": "anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated",
      "word": "فسیل"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated",
      "word": "fóssil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fosilă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "iskopájemoje",
      "sense": "anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ископа́емое"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fòsīl"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated",
      "word": "fosil"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fossil"
  ],
  "word": "fossil"
}

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