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fossile

/fo.sil/

noun, masculine/fo.sil/plural: fossiles

fossil

fossile vivantliving fossil

Learned borrowing from Latin fossilis (“something which has been dug up”), from fodiō (“to dig up”).

adjective/fo.sil/

fossil

énergie fossilefossil energy, fossil fuel

Related: fossilifère, fossilisation, fossiliser, fossilité, microfossile

Learned borrowing from Latin fossilis (“something which has been dug up”), from fodiō (“to dig up”).