fòssil

Borrowed from Latin fossilis (“unearthed, dug up”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfɔ.sil]

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fòssil m (plural fòssils)

1. fossil
2. (linguistics) fossil word

• fossilitzar

• fossa

• “fòssil”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007