semáforo

Borrowed from French sémaphore, from Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma, “sign”), and -foro derived from -φωρος (-phōros, “bearing, bearer”).

• IPA^(key): /seˈmafoɾo/ [s̺eˈma.fo.ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -afoɾo
• Hyphenation: se‧má‧fo‧ro

semáforo m (plural semáforos)

1. traffic light
2. semaphore (visual signalling system)

• “semáforo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “semáforo” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Borrowed from French sémaphore, from Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma, “sign”), and -foro derived from -φωρος (-phōros, “bearing, bearer”).

• Hyphenation: se‧má‧fo‧ro

semáforo m (plural semáforos)

1. traffic light

   Synonyms: (Brazil) sinaleiro, sinaleira, sinal, farol

2. semaphore (visual signalling system)
3. (computer architecture) semaphore (token used to restrict and allow access to a shared resource)

• “semáforo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “semáforo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from French sémaphore, from Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma, “sign”), and -foro derived from -φωρος (-phōros, “bearing, bearer”).

• IPA^(key): /seˈmafoɾo/ [seˈma.fo.ɾo]

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• Rhymes: -afoɾo
• Syllabification: se‧má‧fo‧ro

semáforo m (plural semáforos)

1. traffic light
2. semaphore, flag semaphore

• “semáforo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024