hoá thạch

== Vietnamese == === Alternative forms === hóa thạch, hóa-thạch === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 化石, composed of 化 (“to turn into”) and 石 (“stone”), from Japanese 化石 (kaseki, literally “petrification”), semantically equivalent to the semi-native phrase hoá đá (“to petrify”). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hwaː˧˦ tʰajk̟̚˧˨ʔ] (Huế) IPA(key): [hwaː˨˩˦ tʰat̚˨˩ʔ] (Saigon) IPA(key): [waː˦˥ tʰat̚˨˩˨] === Noun === hoá thạch a fossil === Anagrams === Thạch Hoá