fossiel
Afrikaans
Etymology
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Pronunciation
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Noun
fossiel (plural fossiele)
Derived terms
Dutch
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /fɔˈsil/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -il
- Hyphenation: fos‧siel
Noun
fossiel n (plural fossielen or fossiliën, diminutive fossieltje n)
- fossil
- (figuratively, derogatory) someone with very old fashioned ideas, a dinosaur
Derived terms
- fossielenbestand
- gidsfossiel
- levend fossiel
- sporenfossiel
Descendants
Adjective
fossiel (not comparable)
Declension
| Declension of fossiel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | fossiel | |||
| inflected | fossiele | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | fossiel | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | fossiele | ||
| n. sing. | fossiel | |||
| plural | fossiele | |||
| definite | fossiele | |||
| partitive | fossiels | |||