fossiel
Afrikaans
Noun
fossiel (plural fossiele)
- fossil
Derived terms
- fossielrekord
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
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
Adjective
fossiel (not comparable)
- fossil
Inflection
| Inflection 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 | |||