"fossile" meaning in French

See fossile in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /fɔ.sil/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-fossile.wav Forms: fossiles [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin fossilis (“something which has been dug up”), from fodiō (“to dig up”). Etymology templates: {{lbor|fr|la|fossilis||something which has been dug up}} Learned borrowing from Latin fossilis (“something which has been dug up”) Head templates: {{fr-adj}} fossile (plural fossiles)
  1. fossil Derived forms: fossilifère, fossilisation, fossiliser, fossilité, microfossile Related terms: enfouir
    Sense id: en-fossile-fr-adj-1zX7Xp8v Categories (other): French terms with collocations, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 66 34

Noun

IPA: /fɔ.sil/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-fossile.wav Forms: fossiles [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin fossilis (“something which has been dug up”), from fodiō (“to dig up”). Etymology templates: {{lbor|fr|la|fossilis||something which has been dug up}} Learned borrowing from Latin fossilis (“something which has been dug up”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} fossile m (plural fossiles)
  1. fossil Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fossile-fr-noun-1zX7Xp8v Categories (other): French terms with collocations

Inflected forms

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