fosfor

Chemical element
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fosfor (uncountable)

1. phosphorus

• pnikogeen

Borrowed from French phosphore, from Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros, “light bearer”).

fosfor

1. phosphorus

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

Chemical element
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Derived from Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros, “light bearer”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈfosfor]
• Hyphenation: fo‧s‧for

fosfor m inan

1. phosphorus

• “fosfor”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “fosfor”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “fosfor”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

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

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

• IPA^(key): /fɔsfɔr/, [ˈfʌsfɒ]

fosfor n or c (singular definite fosforet or fosforen)

1. phosphorus

• fosfor on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• “fosfor” in Den Danske Ordbog

Chemical element
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• phosphor (obsolete)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔs.fɔr/

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• Hyphenation: fos‧for

fosfor m or n (uncountable)

1. phosphorus

   Synonym: fosforus

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

fosfor (genitive fosfori, partitive fosforit)

1. phosphorus

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

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

• IPA^(key): /fɔsfoɹ/

fosfor n (genitive singular fosfors, uncountable)

1. phosphorus

• fluor, posfor (nonstandard)

Possibly a MABBIM invention. Either a Learned borrowing from Dutch fosfor or learned borrowing from English phosphor.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈfosfor/ [ˈfos.fɔr]
• Rhymes: -osfor
• Syllabification: fos‧for

fosfor (plural fosfor-fosfor)

1. (chemistry) phosphor

• fosforus

• “fosfor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Possibly a MABBIM invention. Either a Learned borrowing from Dutch fosfor or learned borrowing from English phosphor.

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈfosfor/ [ˈfos.for]
  • Rhymes: -osfor

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˈfosfo(r)/ [ˈfos.fo(r)]
  • Rhymes: -osfor, -osfo
• Hyphenation: fos‧for

fosfor (Jawi spelling فوسفور, plural fosfor-fosfor)

1. (chemistry) phosphor

• fosforus

• “fosfor” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Borrowed from Norwegian fosfor.

fosfor

1. phosphorus

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

• 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

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

1. phosphorus (chemical element, symbol P)

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

1. phosphorus (chemical element, symbol P)

Chemical element
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Learned borrowing from New Latin phōsphorus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔs.fɔr/

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• Rhymes: -ɔsfɔr
• Syllabification: fos‧for

fosfor m inan (related adjective fosforowy)

1. phosphorus (chemical element, symbol P)

• fosfor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• fosfor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Borrowed 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”).

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

fosfor n (uncountable)

1. phosphorus (chemical element)

• fosfora

• “fosfor”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔs.fɔɾ/

fosfor m (genitive singular fosfoir, no plural)

1. phosphorus

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

fȍsfor m inan (Cyrillic spelling фо̏сфор)

1. phosphorus

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• IPA^(key): [ˈfɔsfɔr]

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

1. phosphorus

• “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, 2003–2025

Chemical element
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• IPA^(key): /fóːsfɔr/

fọ̑sfor m inan

1. phosphorus

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

• “fosfor”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

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• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔsˌfɔr/, /ˈfɔsfɔr/

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fosfor c (sometimes neuter)

1. phosphorus

More rarely neuter with the definitive fosforet.

• fosforsken (“phosphorescence”)
• vit fosfor (“white phosphorus”)

• fosfor in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• fosfor in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• fosfor in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH

• soffor

Chemical element
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From Ottoman Turkish فوسفور, ultimately from Greek φωσφόρος (fosfóros, “light bearing”).

• IPA^(key): /fos.foɾ/, [ɸo̞ʷs̟.ɸo̞ʷɾ̞̊]
• Hyphenation: fos‧for

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fosfor (definite accusative fosforu, plural fosforlar)

1. phosphorus (chemical element)