Afrikaans

Noun

fosfor ‎(uncountable)

1. phosphorus

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

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

Noun

fosfor

1. phosphorus

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

Czech

Noun

fosfor m

1. phosphorus

Danish

Alternative forms

• (nonstandard spelling, often used by chemists) phosphor

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔsfɔr/, [ˈfʌsfɒ]

Noun

fosfor n, c ‎(singular definite fosforet or fosforen)

1. phosphorus

Derived terms

• fosforescens
• fosforholdig
• fosforit

External links

• fosfor on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Alternative forms

• phosphor (obsolete)

Pronunciation

Etymology

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

Noun

fosfor n ‎(uncountable)

1. phosphorus

Synonyms

• fosforus n

Related terms

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

Estonian

Noun

fosfor ‎(genitive fosfori, partitive fosforit)

1. phosphorus

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

1. phosphorus (chemical element, symbol P)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

1. phosphorus (chemical element, symbol P)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔsfɔr/

Noun

fosfor m inan

1. phosphorus (chemical element, symbol P)

Declension

Derived terms

• fosforowy

Romanian

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), 2004-2016

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fȍsfor m ‎(Cyrillic spelling фо̏сфор)

1. phosphorus

Declension

Slovak

Noun

fosfor m ‎(genitive singular fosforu, declension pattern of dub)

1. phosphorus

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfóːsfɔr/
• Tonal orthography: fọ̑sfor

Noun

fósfor m inan ‎(genitive fósforja, uncountable)

1. phosphorus

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔsˌfɔr/, /ˈfɔsfɔr/

Noun

fosfor c (sometimes neuter)

1. phosphorus

Declension

Usage notes

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

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from French phosphore.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fosfor ‎(definite accusative fosforu, plural fosforlar)

1. phosphorus (chemical element)

Declension