posporo
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Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish fósforo, from Spanish phōsphorus, from Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros, “torchbearer, light bearer”), from φῶς (phôs, “light”) + φέρω (phérō, “I carry, bear, bring”). Sicilian pòspuru.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: pos‧po‧ro
Noun
[edit]posporo
- a match; a safety match
Sambali
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish fósforo (“matchstick”).
Noun
[edit]posporó
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish fósforo (“matchstick”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈpospoɾo/ [ˌpos.poˈɾo]
- Rhymes: -ospoɾo
- Syllabification: pos‧po‧ro
Noun
[edit]pósporó (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜉᜓᜇᜓ)
- match; safety match
- matchbox and its contents
- Synonyms: pansindi, apuyan, kasapuwego, pamanting
- (chemistry) phosphorus
Further reading
[edit]- “posporo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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- Cebuano terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- Sambali terms borrowed from Spanish
- Sambali terms derived from Spanish
- Sambali lemmas
- Sambali nouns
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Tagalog/ospoɾo
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ospoɾo/3 syllables
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
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- tl:Chemistry