fossilisation
French, noun/fo.si.li.za.sjɔ̃/
fossilisation is a French feminine noun meaning “fossilization (the process of conversion into a fossil)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Processus de minéralisation (remplacement des tissus organiques par des substances minérales) dans de la…”.
What does fossilisation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefossilization (the process of conversion into a fossil)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Processus de minéralisation (remplacement des tissus organiques par des substances minérales) dans de la roche sédimentaire. 2. État de ce qui est devenu rigide, figé ou immuable avec le temps.
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 fossilisation
- fossilisations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fossilisation?
- /fo.si.li.za.sjɔ̃/
- /fɔ.si.li.za.sjɔ̃/
- \fɔ.si.li.za.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fossilisation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fossilisation in French?
fossilisation appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).