how to pronounce fossil

/fɔˈsiːl/

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the above transcription of fossil is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

fossil is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of fossil in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… sich ein fossil winziger bewohner der …”

meanings of fossil

adjective:

Fossil.

noun:

Fossil.

fossil frequency in german - C2+ level of CEFR

the word fossil occurs in german on average 0.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.