fósil
Spanish, noun/ˈfosil/
fósil is spelled F-Ó-S-I-L (5 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 26,728th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fósil is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “fossil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Restos de seres vivos o rastros de su actividad, conservados en los estratos de las rocas”.
What does fósil mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefossil
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Restos de seres vivos o rastros de su actividad, conservados en los estratos de las rocas.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fósil
- fósiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fósil?
- /ˈfosil/
- [ˈfo.sil]
- [ˈfosil]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fósil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fósil in Spanish?
fósil appears 1.5 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).