fossil
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The meaning (definition) of the word fossil
the print of a very old plant or animal left in rock
The word fossil used in a sentence
“I found a fossil of a shell in the rock.”
How the word fossil is said around the world
| French | fossile (foh-SEEL) |
| Spanish | fósil (FOH-seel) |
| Mandarin | 化石 (hwah shuh) |
| Hindi | जीवाश्म (jee-VAHSHM) |
| Arabic | أحفورة (uh-FOO-rah) |
| Russian | окаменелость (uh-kuh-mee-NYEH-lust) |
| Portuguese (EU) | fóssil (FAW-seel) |
| Portuguese (BR) | fóssil (FOH-syoo) |
| Japanese | かせき (kah-SEH-kee) |
| German | Fossil (fo-SEEL) |
| Urdu | فوسل (FOH-sil) |
| Punjabi | ਜੀਵਾਸ਼ਮ (jee-VAH-sham) |
| Korean | 화석 (hwah-SUHK) |
| Hebrew | מְאֻבָּן (meh-oo-BAHN) |
| Greek | απολίθωμα (ah-poh-LEE-thoh-mah) |
| Dutch | fossiel (foh-SEEL) |
| Tagalog | posil (PO-sil) |
| Vietnamese | hóa thạch (hwah TEK) |
| Turkish | fosil (foh-SEEL) |
| Persian | فسیل (fo-SEEL) |
| Polish | skamieniałość (skah-myeh-NYAH-woshch) |
| Ukrainian | скам'янілість (skahm-yah-NEE-leest) |
| Bengali | জীবাশ্ম (JEE-bahsh-shoh) |
| Swedish | fossil (FOS-il) |
| Italian | fossile (FOHS-see-leh) |
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