"fossilization" meaning in English

See fossilization in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: fossilizations [plural]
Etymology: From fossil + -ization or fossilize + -ation. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fossil|ization}} fossil + -ization, {{suffix|en|fossilize|ation}} fossilize + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fossilization (countable and uncountable, plural fossilizations)
  1. The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the process of conversion into a fossil): fossilització [feminine] (Catalan), kivettyminen (Finnish), fossilisation [feminine] (French), απολίθωση (apolíthosi) [feminine] (Greek), whakamātātokatanga (Maori), fosilizare [feminine] (Romanian), fosilizație [feminine] (Romanian), fosilización [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fossilization-en-noun-7olqiP5a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ation, English terms suffixed with -ization, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ation: 75 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ization: 75 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of 'the process of conversion into a fossil': 70 30
  2. (figuratively, by extension) The process of becoming fixed, unchanging, and out of date. Tags: broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable Translations (the process of becoming fixed): fossilització [feminine] (Catalan), kivettyminen (Finnish), fossilisation [feminine] (French), fosilización [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fossilization-en-noun-EhrhRHsB Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of 'the process of becoming fixed': 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fossilisation

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fossil",
        "3": "ization"
      },
      "expansion": "fossil + -ization",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fossilize",
        "3": "ation"
      },
      "expansion": "fossilize + -ation",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From fossil + -ization or fossilize + -ation.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fossilizations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "fossilization (countable and uncountable, plural fossilizations)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "73 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ization",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "76 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Maori translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "84 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil."
      ],
      "id": "en-fossilization-en-noun-7olqiP5a",
      "links": [
        [
          "fossil",
          "fossil"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "the process of conversion into a fossil",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fossilització"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the process of conversion into a fossil",
          "word": "kivettyminen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "the process of conversion into a fossil",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fossilisation"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "apolíthosi",
          "sense": "the process of conversion into a fossil",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "απολίθωση"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "the process of conversion into a fossil",
          "word": "whakamātātokatanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "the process of conversion into a fossil",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fosilizare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "the process of conversion into a fossil",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fosilizație"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "the process of conversion into a fossil",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fosilización"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The process of becoming fixed, unchanging, and out of date."
      ],
      "id": "en-fossilization-en-noun-EhrhRHsB",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively, by extension) The process of becoming fixed, unchanging, and out of date."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "countable",
        "figuratively",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "the process of becoming fixed",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fossilització"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the process of becoming fixed",
          "word": "kivettyminen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "the process of becoming fixed",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fossilisation"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "the process of becoming fixed",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fosilización"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fossilisation"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fossilization"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -ation",
    "English terms suffixed with -ization",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fossil",
        "3": "ization"
      },
      "expansion": "fossil + -ization",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fossilize",
        "3": "ation"
      },
      "expansion": "fossilize + -ation",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From fossil + -ization or fossilize + -ation.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fossilizations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "fossilization (countable and uncountable, plural fossilizations)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fossil",
          "fossil"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English links with redundant wikilinks"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The process of becoming fixed, unchanging, and out of date."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively, by extension) The process of becoming fixed, unchanging, and out of date."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "countable",
        "figuratively",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "fossilisation"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the process of conversion into a fossil",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fossilització"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the process of conversion into a fossil",
      "word": "kivettyminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the process of conversion into a fossil",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fossilisation"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apolíthosi",
      "sense": "the process of conversion into a fossil",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "απολίθωση"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the process of conversion into a fossil",
      "word": "whakamātātokatanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the process of conversion into a fossil",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fosilizare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the process of conversion into a fossil",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fosilizație"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the process of conversion into a fossil",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fosilización"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the process of becoming fixed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fossilització"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the process of becoming fixed",
      "word": "kivettyminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the process of becoming fixed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fossilisation"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the process of becoming fixed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fosilización"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fossilization"
}

Download raw JSONL data for fossilization meaning in English (3.1kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-11-21 using wiktextract (95d2be1 and 64224ec). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.