fossil

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English [edit]

A fossil.
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Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

fossil (plural fossils)

  1. The mineralized remains of an animal or plant.
  2. (paleontology) Any preserved evidence of ancient life, including shells, imprints, burrows, coprolites, and organically-produced chemicals.
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      He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.
  3. (linguistics) A fossilized term.
  4. (figuratively) Anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated.

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Translations [edit]

The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
paleontology: any preserved evidence of ancient life
a fossilized term
anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated
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Danish [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Latin fossilis, from fossa (“ditch”).

Adjective [edit]

fossil (neuter fossilt, definite and plural fossile)

  1. fossil

Etymology 2 [edit]

From New Latin fossile.

Noun [edit]

fossil n (singular definite fossilet, plural indefinite fossiler)

  1. fossil
Inflection [edit]
    Inflection of fossil
neuter gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative fossil fossilet fossiler fossilerne
genitive fossils fossilets fossilers fossilernes

German [edit]

Adjective [edit]

fossil (not comparable)

  1. fossil

Declension [edit]

    Declension of fossil
gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist fossil sie ist fossil es ist fossil sie sind fossil
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative fossiler fossile fossiles fossile
genitive fossilen fossiler fossilen fossiler
dative fossilem fossiler fossilem fossilen
accusative fossilen fossile fossiles fossile
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der fossile die fossile das fossile die fossilen
genitive des fossilen der fossilen des fossilen der fossilen
dative dem fossilen der fossilen dem fossilen den fossilen
accusative den fossilen die fossile das fossile die fossilen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein fossiler eine fossile ein fossiles (keine) fossilen
genitive eines fossilen einer fossilen eines fossilen (keiner) fossilen
dative einem fossilen einer fossilen einem fossilen (keinen) fossilen
accusative einen fossilen eine fossile ein fossiles (keine) fossilen

Swedish [edit]

Adjective [edit]

fossil

  1. fossil

Declension [edit]

Declension of fossil
Inflections of
fossil
Indefinite
singular		 Common fossil
Neuter fossilt
Definite
singular		 Masc. fossile
All fossila
Plural fossila

Noun [edit]

fossil n

  1. a fossil

Declension [edit]

Declension of fossil
singular plural
Neuter indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fossil fossilet fossil fossilen
genitive fossils fossilets fossils fossilens
Declension of fossil
singular plural
Neuter indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fossil fossilet fossiler fossilerna
genitive fossils fossilets fossilers fossilernas

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References [edit]

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