sifon
Czech
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Siphon, from French siphon, from Latin sīphō from Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn, “pipe, tube”), of unknown ultimate origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sifon m inan
- stench trap
- Synonym: zápachová uzávěrka
- soda siphon
- Synonym: sodovka
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “sifon”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “sifon”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “sifon”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
Indonesian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈsifon/ [ˈsi.fɔn]
- Rhymes: -ifon
- Syllabification: si‧fon
Etymology 1
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn, “pipe, tube”).
Noun
[edit]sifon (plural sifon-sifon)
- siphon:
- a bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other, in which hydrostatic pressure exerted due to the force of gravity moves liquid from one reservoir to another
- (biology) a tubelike organ found in animals or elongated cell found in plants
- siphon spillway
Etymology 2
[edit]From Dutch chiffon, from French chiffon, from Middle French chiffe (“cloth, old rag”), from Old French chipe (“rag”), from Middle English chip, chippe (“chip, shard, fragment”), from Old English ċipp (“chip, splinter, shaving”).
Noun
[edit]sifon (plural sifon-sifon)
- chiffon: A sheer silk or rayon fabric
Further reading
[edit]- “sifon”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French siphon, from Latin sipho, from Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn, “pipe, tube”), but of unknown ultimate origin.
Noun
[edit]sifon n (plural sifoane)
- siphon
- (slang) informer, snitch (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)
- Synonym: sifonar
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | sifon | sifonul | sifoane | sifoanele |
| genitive-dative | sifon | sifonului | sifoane | sifoanelor |
| vocative | sifonule | sifoanelor | ||
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French siphon, from Latin sipho, from Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn, “pipe, tube”), of unknown ultimate origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sifon (definite accusative sifonu, plural sifonlar)
Declension
[edit]- Czech terms borrowed from German
- Czech terms derived from German
- Czech terms derived from French
- Czech terms derived from Latin
- Czech terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech nouns
- Czech masculine nouns
- Czech inanimate nouns
- Czech masculine inanimate nouns
- Czech hard masculine inanimate nouns
- Indonesian 2-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ifon
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ifon/2 syllables
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Indonesian learned borrowings from Ancient Greek
- Indonesian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- id:Biology
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from French
- Indonesian terms derived from Middle French
- Indonesian terms derived from Old French
- Indonesian terms derived from Middle English
- Indonesian terms derived from Old English
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian terms derived from Latin
- Romanian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian neuter nouns
- Romanian slang
- Turkish terms borrowed from French
- Turkish terms derived from French
- Turkish terms derived from Latin
- Turkish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Turkish lemmas
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