Fossil

== English == === Etymology === From the standard noun fossil, because of fossil finds in the area. === Proper noun === Fossil A small city, the county seat of Wheeler County, Oregon, United States. == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from French fossile, from Latin fossilis (“unearthed, dug up”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɔˈsiːl/ Rhymes: -iːl === Noun === Fossil n (strong, genitive Fossiles or Fossils, plural Fossilien) fossil ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Fossilia n === Further reading === “Fossil” in Duden online “Fossil”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)