fosfor

See also: fosfór and fòsfor

Afrikaans

Chemical element
P
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Next: swawel (S)

Noun

fosfor (uncountable)

1. phosphorus

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros, “light bearer”).

Noun

fosfor

1. phosphorus

Declension

Declension of fosfor

nominative	fosfor
genitive	fosfornıñ
dative	fosforğa
accusative	fosfornı
locative	fosforda
ablative	fosfordan

References

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

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Czech

Chemical element
P
Previous: křemík (Si)
Next: síra (S)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros, “light bearer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfosfor]

Noun

1. phosphorus

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Danish

Alternative forms

• phosphor (non-standard spelling, often used by chemists)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros, “the bearer of light”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔsfɔr/, [ˈfʌsfɒ]

Noun

fosfor n or c (singular definite fosforet or fosforen)

1. phosphorus

Derived terms

• fosforescens
• fosforholdig
• fosforit

 

Further reading

• fosfor on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Dutch

Chemical element
P
Previous: silicium (Si)
Next: zwavel (S)

Alternative forms

• phosphor (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Phosphor, from Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros, “light-bearing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔs.fɔr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: fos‧for

Noun

fosfor n (uncountable)

1. phosphorus

   Synonym: fosforus

Related terms

(generally these also have an obsolete spelling, notably using phosphor instead of fosfor)

• fosforachtig
• fosforbrons n
• fosfordamp
• fosforescent
• fosforescentie
• fosforesceren
• fosforgloed
• fosforgroen
• fosforiek
• fosforig
• fosforisch
• fosforkopererts n
• fosforkoper n
• fosforlichten pl
• fosforlucifer m
• fosformetaal n
• fosforolie
• fosforoxyde n
• fosforproductie
• fosforstikstof
• fosforvergiftiging
• fosforvrij
• fosforwaterstof
• fosforwaterstofgas n
• fosforzout n
• fosforzuur n
• fosphorglanzig

 

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Estonian

Chemical element
P
Previous: räni (Si)
Next: väävel (S)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros, “the bearer of light”).

Noun

fosfor (genitive fosfori, partitive fosforit)

1. phosphorus

Declension

Declension of fosfor (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		fosfor	fosforid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	fosfori
genitive			fosforite
partitive		fosforit	fosforeid
illative		fosforisse	fosforitesse fosforeisse
inessive		fosforis	fosforites fosforeis
elative		fosforist	fosforitest fosforeist
allative		fosforile	fosforitele fosforeile
adessive		fosforil	fosforitel fosforeil
ablative		fosforilt	fosforitelt fosforeilt
translative		fosforiks	fosforiteks fosforeiks
terminative		fosforini	fosforiteni
essive		fosforina	fosforitena
abessive		fosforita	fosforiteta
comitative		fosforiga	fosforitega

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Faroese

Chemical element
P
Previous: silisium (Si)
Next: svávul (S)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros, “the bearer of light”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔsfoɹ/

Noun

fosfor n (genitive singular fosfors, uncountable)

1. phosphorus

Declension

Declension of fosfor (singular only)
n3s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	fosfor	fosforið
accusative	fosfor	fosforið
dative	fosfori	fosforinum
genitive	fosfors	fosforsins

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Interlingue

Chemical element
P
Previous: silicium (Si)
Next: súlfur (S)

Noun

1. phosphorus

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Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian fosfor.

Noun

fosfor

1. phosphorus

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
Nominative	fosfor
Genitive	fosfora
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fosfor	fosforat
Accusative	fosfora	fosforiid
Genitive	fosfora	fosforiid
Illative	fosforii	fosforiidda
Locative	fosforis	fosforiin
Comitative	fosforiin	fosforiiguin
Essive	fosforin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person fosforan fosforeamẹ fosforeamẹt 2nd person fosforat fosforeattẹ fosforeattẹt 3rd person fosforis fosforeaskkạ fosforeasẹt

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

fosfor m or n (definite singular fosforen or fosforet) (uncountable)

1. phosphorus (chemical element, symbol P)

Derived terms

• fosfat
• fosforsyre

 

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

fosfor m or n (definite singular fosforen or fosforet) (uncountable)

1. phosphorus (chemical element, symbol P)

Derived terms

• fosfat
• fosforsyre

 

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Polish

Chemical element
P
Previous: krzem (Si)
Next: siarka (S)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔs.fɔr/

• audio:

  (file)

Noun

fosfor m inan

1. phosphorus (chemical element, symbol P)

Declension

Declension of fosfor

	singular
nominative	fosfor
genitive	fosforu
dative	fosforowi
accusative	fosfor
instrumental	fosforem
locative	fosforze
vocative	fosforze

Derived terms

• fosforowy

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Romanian

Chemical element
P
Previous: siliciu (Si)
Next: sulf (S)

Etymology

From French phosphore, from Latin phōsphorus, from Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros, “the bearer of light”), from φῶς (phôs, “light”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear, to carry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfosfor/, /fosˈfor/
• Hyphenation: fos‧for

Noun

fosfor n (uncountable)

1. phosphorus (chemical element)

References

• fosfor in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

fosfor m (genitive singular fosfoir, no plural)

1. phosphorus

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fôsfor/
• Hyphenation: fos‧for

Noun

fȍsfor m (Cyrillic spelling фо̏сфор)

1. phosphorus

Declension

Declension of fosfor

	singular
nominative	fosfor
genitive	fosfora
dative	fosforu
accusative	fosfor
vocative	fosfore
locative	fosforu
instrumental	fosforom

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Slovak

Chemical element
P
Previous: kremík (Si)
Next: síra (S)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔsfɔr/

Noun

fosfor m

1. phosphorus

Declension

Declension of fosfor

	singular
nominative	fosfor
genitive	fosforu
dative	fosforu
accusative	fosfor
locative	fosfore
instrumental	fosforom

Derived terms

• fosforečný
• fosforitý
• fosforový

 

Further reading

• “fosfor”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Slovene

Chemical element
P
Previous: silícij (Si)
Next: žvêplo (S)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fóːsfɔr/

Noun

fọ̑sfor m inan

1. phosphorus

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nominative	fósfor
genitive	fósforja
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	fósfor
genitive (rodȋlnik)	fósforja
dative (dajȃlnik)	fósforju
accusative (tožȋlnik)	fósfor
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	fósforju
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	fósforjem

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔsˌfɔr/, /ˈfɔsfɔr/

Noun

fosfor c (sometimes neuter)

1. phosphorus

Usage notes

More rarely used as neuter; if so, the nominative definitive would be fosforet.

Declension

Declension of fosfor
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	fosfor	fosforn	—	—
Genitive	fosfors	fosforns	—	—

Anagrams

• soffor

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Turkish

Chemical element
P
Previous: silisyum (Si)
Next: kükürt (S)

Etymology

Borrowed from French phosphore.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fosfóɾ]
• Hyphenation: fos‧for

Noun

fosfor (definite accusative fosforu, plural fosforlar)

1. phosphorus (chemical element)

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	fosfor
Definite accusative	fosforu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fosfor	fosforlar
Definite accusative	fosforu	fosforları
Dative	fosfora	fosforlara
Locative	fosforda	fosforlarda
Ablative	fosfordan	fosforlardan
Genitive	fosforun	fosforların