fossiili

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Internationalism (see French fossile), ultimately from Latin fossilis.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfosːiːli/, [ˈfo̞s̠ːiːli]
  • Rhymes: -osːiːli
  • Syllabification(key): fos‧sii‧li

Noun

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fossiili

  1. A fossil (both scientific and metaphorical).

Declension

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Inflection of fossiili (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative fossiili fossiilit
genitive fossiilin fossiilien
fossiileiden
fossiileitten
partitive fossiilia fossiileita
fossiileja
illative fossiiliin fossiileihin
singular plural
nominative fossiili fossiilit
accusative nom. fossiili fossiilit
gen. fossiilin
genitive fossiilin fossiilien
fossiileiden
fossiileitten
partitive fossiilia fossiileita
fossiileja
inessive fossiilissa fossiileissa
elative fossiilista fossiileista
illative fossiiliin fossiileihin
adessive fossiililla fossiileilla
ablative fossiililta fossiileilta
allative fossiilille fossiileille
essive fossiilina fossiileina
translative fossiiliksi fossiileiksi
abessive fossiilitta fossiileitta
instructive fossiilein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of fossiili (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

Derived terms

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compounds

Further reading

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