foton

See also: Foton, fóton, and fotón

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfoton]

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Noun

foton m inan

1. photon

Declension

Declension of foton (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	foton	fotony
genitive	fotonu	fotonů
dative	fotonu	fotonům
accusative	foton	fotony
vocative	fotone	fotony
locative	fotonu	fotonech
instrumental	fotonem	fotony

Related terms

• See foto-

Further reading

• “foton”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “foton”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oːˀn

Noun

foton c (singular definite fotonen, plural indefinite fotoner)

1. (physics) photon

Declension

Declension of foton

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	foton	fotonen	fotoner	fotonerne
genitive	fotons	fotonens	fotoners	fotonernes

References

• “foton” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Alternative forms

• photon (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

From English photon, constructed from Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, “light”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoːtɔn/

• Audio:

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Noun

foton n (plural fotonen, diminutive fotontje n)

1. a photon, quantum of light
2. the unit of electromagnetic radiation

Derived terms

• fotonenstraal

Related terms

• fotografie
• fotosynthese
• ion

Esperanto

Noun

foton

1. accusative singular of foto

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfoton]
• Hyphenation: fo‧ton
• Rhymes: -on

Noun

foton (plural fotonok)

1. (particle physics) photon (quantum of light and other electromagnetic energy)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	foton	fotonok
accusative	fotont	fotonokat
dative	fotonnak	fotonoknak
instrumental	fotonnal	fotonokkal
causal-final	fotonért	fotonokért
translative	fotonná	fotonokká
terminative	fotonig	fotonokig
essive-formal	fotonként	fotonokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	fotonban	fotonokban
superessive	fotonon	fotonokon
adessive	fotonnál	fotonoknál
illative	fotonba	fotonokba
sublative	fotonra	fotonokra
allative	fotonhoz	fotonokhoz
elative	fotonból	fotonokból
delative	fotonról	fotonokról
ablative	fotontól	fotonoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	fotoné	fotonoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	fotonéi	fotonokéi

Possessive forms of foton

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	fotonom	fotonjaim
2nd person sing.	fotonod	fotonjaid
3rd person sing.	fotonja	fotonjai
1st person plural	fotonunk	fotonjaink
2nd person plural	fotonotok	fotonjaitok
3rd person plural	fotonjuk	fotonjaik

Indonesian

Noun

foton (plural foton-foton)

1. photon

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φωτός (phōtós), genitive of φῶς (phôs), +‎ -on.

Noun

foton n (definite singular fotonet, indefinite plural foton or fotoner, definite plural fotona or fotonene)

1. (physics) a photon

References

• “foton” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “foton” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φωτός (phōtós), genitive of φῶς (phôs), +‎ -on.

Noun

foton n (definite singular fotonet, indefinite plural foton, definite plural fotona)

1. (physics) a photon

References

• “foton” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English photon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.tɔn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔtɔn
• Syllabification: fo‧ton

Noun

foton m inan (related adjective fotonowy)

1. photon (quantum of light and other electromagnetic energy, regarded as a discrete particle having zero rest mass, no electric charge, and an indefinitely long lifetime)

Declension

Declension of foton

	singular	plural
nominative	foton	fotony
genitive	fotonu	fotonów
dative	fotonowi	fotonom
accusative	foton	fotony
instrumental	fotonem	fotonami
locative	fotonie	fotonach
vocative	fotonie	fotony

Further reading

• foton in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• foton in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• foton in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French photon.

Noun

foton m (plural fotoni)

1. photon

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	foton	fotonul		fotoni	fotonii
genitive-dative	foton	fotonului		fotoni	fotonilor
vocative	fotonule			fotonilor

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

fòtōn m inan (Cyrillic spelling фо̀то̄н)

1. A photon

Declension

Declension of foton

	singular	plural
nominative	fòtōn	fotoni
genitive	fotóna	fotona
dative	fotonu	fotonima
accusative	foton	fotone
vocative	fotone	fotoni
locative	fotonu	fotonima
instrumental	fotonom	fotonima

Swedish

Noun

foton c

1. a photon

Declension

Declension of foton

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	foton	fotons
	definite	fotonen	fotonens
plural	indefinite	fotoner	fotoners
	definite	fotonerna	fotonernas

Noun

foton

1. indefinite plural of foto