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[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]fossiel (plural fossiele)
Derived terms
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French fossile, from Latin fossilis (“something which has been dug up”), from fodio (“I dig up”). First attested in the early 19th century.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fossiel n (plural fossielen or fossiliën, diminutive fossieltje n)
- fossil
- (figuratively, derogatory) someone with very old fashioned ideas, a dinosaur
Derived terms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fossiel (not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of fossiel | ||||
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uninflected | fossiel | |||
inflected | fossiele | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | fossiel | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | fossiele | ||
n. sing. | fossiel | |||
plural | fossiele | |||
definite | fossiele | |||
partitive | fossiels |
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- nl:Paleontology