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fossile noun {m}

  /fɔ.sil/
  • (Paléontologie) Reste très ancien d’organisme pétrifié dans une roche sédimentaire
  • (Ironique) Quelqu’un de très arriéré, ou très vieux
 fossil

fossile adjective

  /fɔ.sil/
fossilized
fossile vivant
living fossil
combustible fossile
fossil fuel
rayonnement fossile
CMB, CMBR, cosmic microwave background, cosmic microwave background radiation
hydrogène d’origine fossile
grey hydrogen
énergie fossile
fossil energy, fossil fuel
charbon fossile
fossil coal
capitalisme fossile
fossil capitalism

🇬🇧 en fr 🇫🇷

fossil noun

  /ˈfɑsl̩/ , /ˈfɒsl̩/
  • The mineralized remains of an animal or plant.
  • (linguistics) A fossil word.
  • (figuratively) Anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated.
 fossile

fossilize verb

  /ˈfɒs.ɪl.aɪz/ , /ˈfɒsl̩aɪz/
  • (transitive) to make into a fossil
 fossiliser

fossilization noun

  • The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil.
  • (figuratively, by extension) The process of becoming fixed, unchanging, and out of date.
 fossilisation

fossilized adjective

  • In a state of fossilization; preserved in rock
 fossilisé
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