fossil

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɒsl̩/
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• General-American: /ˈfɑsl̩/
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• rhymes with -ɒsəl
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• CMU ARPABET: F AA1 S AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From the standard noun fossil, because of fossil finds in the area.

From French fossile, from Latin fossilis (“something which has been dug up”), from fodio (“to dig up”).

111 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُسْتَحَاثَة (mustaḥāṯa) — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Arabic: أُحْفُورَة (ʔuḥfūra) — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Asturian: fósil — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Basque: fosil — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Belarusian: вы́капень (výkapjenʹ) — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Belarusian: скамяне́ласць (skamjanjélascʹ) — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Bulgarian: вкаменелост (vkamenelost) — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Catalan: fòssil — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Chinese Mandarin: 化石 (huàshí) — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Czech: zkamenělina — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Czech: fosilie — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Danish: fossil — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Dutch: fossiel — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Esperanto: fosilio — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Estonian: kivistis — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Estonian: fossiil — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Finnish: fossiili — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• French: fossile — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Galician: fósil — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Georgian: ნამარხი (namarxi) — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• German: Fossil — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Greek: απολίθωμα (apolíthoma) — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Hebrew: מְאוּבָּן (me'ubán) — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Hebrew: מְאֻבָּן (me'ubán) — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Hindi: जीवाश्म (jīvāśma) — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Hungarian: fosszília — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Icelandic: steingervingur — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Ido: fosilo — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Indonesian: fosil — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Irish: iontaise — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Italian: fossile — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Japanese: 化石 (kaseki) — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Khmer: ហ្វូស៊ីល (fousiil) — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Khmer: បាសាណីភូត (baasaanəyphuut) — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Korean: 화석 (hwaseok) — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Lao: ຊາກຊີວະບູຮານ (sāk sī wa bū hān) — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Latin: fossilis — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Latvian: fosilija — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Latvian: pārakmeņojums — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Lithuanian: fosilija — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Macedonian: фоси́л (fosíl) — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Malay: fosil — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Māori: mātātoka — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Norman: fossile — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Norwegian Bokmål: fossil — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fossil — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Persian: فسیل (fosil) — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Persian: سنگواره (sangvâre) — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Polish: skamielina — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Polish: skamieniałość — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Portuguese: fóssil — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Romanian: fosilă — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Russian: ископа́емое (iskopájemoje) — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Russian: окамене́лость (okamenélostʹ) — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Russian: фосси́лия (fossílija) — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Serbo-Croatian: fòsīl — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Serbo-Croatian: фо̀сӣл — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Slovak: skamenelina — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Slovak: fosília — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Slovene: fosil — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Slovene: okamenina — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Spanish: fósil — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Swahili: kisukuku — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Swedish: fossil — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Tagalog: hayto — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Tagalog: posil — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Thai: ฟอสซิล (fɔ́ɔt-sîl) — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Thai: ซากดึกดําบรรพ์ (sâak-dʉ̀k-dam-ban) — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Turkish: fosil — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Turkish: taşıl — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Ottoman Turkish: مستحاثه (müstehase) — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Ukrainian: копа́лина (kopályna) — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Ukrainian: скам'яні́лість (skamʺjanílistʹ) — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Ukrainian: фосі́лія (fosílija) — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Urdu: رِکاز (rikāz) — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Urdu: فوسِل (fosil) — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Urdu: کُنجْوَر (kunjvar) — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Urdu: فوصِل (fosil) — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Urdu: سَن٘گوارَہ (saṅgvāra) — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Vietnamese: hoá thạch — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Yiddish: פֿאָסיל (fosil) — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Yoruba: àkẹ̀kù — The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
• Bulgarian: фосил (fosil) — paleontology: any preserved evidence of ancient life
• Hindi: जीवाश्म (jīvāśma) — paleontology: any preserved evidence of ancient life
• Hungarian: ősmaradvány — paleontology: any preserved evidence of ancient life
• Irish: iontaise — paleontology: any preserved evidence of ancient life
• Italian: fossile — paleontology: any preserved evidence of ancient life
• Māori: mātātoka — paleontology: any preserved evidence of ancient life
• Persian: فسیل (fosil) — paleontology: any preserved evidence of ancient life
• Persian: سنگواره (sangvâre) — paleontology: any preserved evidence of ancient life
• Romanian: fosilă — paleontology: any preserved evidence of ancient life
• Catalan: fòssil — a fossilized term
• Finnish: fossiili — a fossilized term
• Italian: fossile — a fossilized term
• Portuguese: fóssil — a fossilized term
• Romanian: fosilă — a fossilized term
• Bulgarian: изкопаемо (izkopaemo) — anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated
• Catalan: fòssil — anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated
• Chinese Mandarin: 化石 (huàshí) — anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated
• Danish: oldtidslevning — anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated
• Finnish: fossiili — anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated
• German: Fossil — anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated
• Hungarian: őskövület — anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated
• Italian: fossile — anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated
• Japanese: 化石 (kaseki) — anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated
• Persian: فسیل (fosil) — anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated
• Portuguese: fóssil — anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated
• Romanian: fosilă — anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated
• Russian: ископа́емое (iskopájemoje) — anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated
• Serbo-Croatian: fòsīl — anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated
• Turkish: fosil — anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated