fossile
French, noun/fo.sil/
fossile is spelled F-O-S-S-I-L-E (7 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written French, the 15,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fossile is a French masculine noun meaning “fossil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Reste très ancien d’organisme pétrifié dans une roche sédimentaire”.
What does fossile mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefossil
fossile vivant
adjective
- 1
fossil
énergie fossile
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui se tire de la terre. 2. Pétrifié ; fossilisé.
noun: 1. Reste très ancien d’organisme pétrifié dans une roche sédimentaire. 2. Quelqu’un de très arriéré, ou très vieux. 3. Étudiant ayant choisi de ne pas passer le rite du baptême.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fossile
- fossiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fossile?
- /fo.sil/
- /fɔ.sil/
- \fɔ.sil\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fossile
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fossile in French?
fossile appears 3.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).