fóssil
Portuguese, noun/ˈfɔ.siw/
fóssil is spelled F-Ó-S-S-I-L (6 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 18,794th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fóssil is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fossil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “todo e qualquer vestígio identificável, corpóreo ou de atividade orgânica, de organismos do passado…”.
What does fóssil mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefossil
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que se extrai da terra 2. restos de seres vivos ou vestígios de atividade biológica 3. antiquado
noun: 1. todo e qualquer vestígio identificável, corpóreo ou de atividade orgânica, de organismos do passado, conservado em contextos geológicos, isto é, nas rochas 2. indivíduo retrógrado, de hábitos ultrapassados
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fóssil
- fósseis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fóssil?
- Brazil /ˈfɔ.siw/
- Brazil [ˈfɔ.siʊ̯]
- Portugal /ˈfɔ.sil/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fóssil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fóssil in Portuguese?
fóssil appears 2.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).