syfon

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French siphon, from Middle French siphon, from Old French sifon, from Latin sīphō, from Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɨ.fɔn/

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• Rhymes: -ɨfɔn
• Syllabification: sy‧fon

Noun

syfon m inan (diminutive lewarek)

1. soda siphon
2. (caving, hydrology) siphon, sump (completely flooded cave passage)
3. (plumbing) trap (U-shaped portion of pipe designed to trap liquid or gas to prevent unwanted flow)
4. siphon (bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other)

   Synonym: lewar

5. (anatomy) siphon (tubelike organ found in animals or elongated cell found in plants)

Declension

Declension of syfon

	singular	plural
nominative	syfon	syfony
genitive	syfonu	syfonów
dative	syfonowi	syfonom
accusative	syfon	syfony
instrumental	syfonem	syfonami
locative	syfonie	syfonach
vocative	syfonie	syfony

Derived terms

adjective

• syfonowy

 

Further reading

• syfon in Polish dictionaries at PWN