adj
Meaning 1
Containing fossils.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
fossiliferous
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rhymes with -ɪfəɹəs
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CMU ARPABET: F AA2 S AH0 L IH1 F ER0 AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adjective
Meaning 2
bearing or containing fossils
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- fossiliferous strata
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English fossil Latin -i-bor. English -i- Proto-Indo-European *bher- Proto-Indo-European *bhéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Proto-Indo-European *h3ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h3édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English -ferous English fossiliferous From fossil + -i- + -ferous.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: fossiilipitoinen — containing fossils
- French: fossilifère — containing fossils
- German: fossilführend — containing fossils
- German: fossilienhaltig — containing fossils
- Greek: απολιθωματοφόρος (apolithomatofóros) — containing fossils
- Italian: fossilifero — containing fossils