Phosphorus

//ˈfɒs.fə.ɹəs//

Synonyms for "phosphorus" (33 found)

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Closest matches (7)

Proper Noun(1 words)
hesperus

Strong matches (10)

Related words (16)

Noun(3 words)
lucifermorning starp
Proper Noun(3 words)
morning starvenusvesper

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Antonyms

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Related terms

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derived

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has context

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has property

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is a

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related to

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Translations

94 translations across 81 languages.

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Afrikaans

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  • fosfor noun (element)

Albanian

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  • fosfor noun (element)

Arabic

1 entries
  • فُسْفُور noun (element)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ֆոսֆոր noun (element)

Asturian

1 entries
  • fósforu noun (element)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • fosfor noun (element)
  • آتش چیقاریجی noun (element)

Basque

1 entries
  • fosforoa noun (element)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • фо́сфар noun (element)

Breton

1 entries
  • fosfor noun (element)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • фо́сфор noun (element)

Catalan

1 entries
  • fòsfor noun (element)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 磷 noun (element)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 磷 noun (element)

Cornish

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  • fosforos noun (element)

Czech

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  • jitřenka name (an ancient Greek name for the morning star)
  • fosfor noun (element)

Danish

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  • fosfor noun (element)

Dutch

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  • fosfor noun (element)

Esperanto

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  • fosforo noun (element)

Estonian

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  • fosfor noun (element)

Faroese

1 entries
  • fosfor noun (element)

Finnish

1 entries
  • fosfori noun (element)

French

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  • phosphore noun (element)

Friulian

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  • fosfar noun (element)

Galician

1 entries
  • fósforo noun (element)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ფოსფორი noun (element)

German

1 entries
  • Phosphor noun (element)

Greek

1 entries
  • φώσφορος noun (element)

Hebrew

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  • זרחן noun (element)

Hindi

1 entries
  • भास्वर noun (element)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • foszfor noun (element)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • fosfór noun (element)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • phosphoro noun (element)

Irish

1 entries
  • fosfar noun (element)

Italian

2 entries
  • Venere name (an ancient Greek name for the morning star)
  • fosforo noun (element)

Japanese

2 entries
  • リン noun (element)
  • 燐 noun (element)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • сүүмг noun (element)

Kashubian

1 entries
  • fòsfòr noun (element)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • фосфор noun (element)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ហ្វូស្វ័រ noun (element)

Korean

3 entries
  • 샛별 name (an ancient Greek name for the morning star)
  • 인 noun (element)
  • 인소 noun (element)

Latin

1 entries
  • phosphorus noun (element)

Latvian

1 entries
  • fosfors noun (element)

Lingala

1 entries
  • fosofo class 9a/10a noun (element)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • fosforas noun (element)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Phosphor noun (element)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • фосфор noun (element)

Malay

1 entries
  • fosforus noun (element)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ഫോസ്ഫറസ് noun (element)

Maltese

1 entries
  • fosforu noun (element)

Manx

1 entries
  • fosfaar noun (element)

Marathi

1 entries
  • स्फुरद noun (element)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • сүүмэг noun (element)

Māori

1 entries
  • pūtūtaewhetū noun (element)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • fosfor noun (element)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • fosfor noun (element)

Occitan

1 entries
  • fosfòr noun (element)

Persian

1 entries
  • فسفر noun (element)

Polish

1 entries
  • fosfor noun (element)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • fósforo noun (element)

Romanian

1 entries
  • fosfor noun (element)

Russian

1 entries
  • фо́сфор noun (element)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • fosfor noun (element)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • fȍsfor noun (element)
  • фо̏сфор noun (element)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • pòspuru noun (element)

Slovak

3 entries
  • zornica name (an ancient Greek name for the morning star)
  • zornička name (an ancient Greek name for the morning star)
  • fosfor noun (element)

Slovene

1 entries
  • fósfor noun (element)

Spanish

1 entries
  • fósforo noun (element)

Swahili

1 entries
  • fosforasi noun (element)

Swedish

1 entries
  • fosfor noun (element)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • posporo noun (element)

Tajik

1 entries
  • фосфор noun (element)

Tamil

3 entries
  • தீமுறி noun (element)
  • பாஸ்பரஸ் noun (element)
  • பிரகாசிதம் noun (element)

Telugu

1 entries
  • భాస్వరం noun (element)

Thai

1 entries
  • ฟอสฟอรัส noun (element)

Turkish

1 entries
  • fosfor noun (element)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • фо́сфор noun (element)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • fosfor noun (element)
  • фосфор noun (element)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • photpho noun (element)
  • phốtpho noun (element)

Volapük

1 entries
  • fosfin noun (element)

Welsh

1 entries
  • ffósfforws noun (element)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • fosfor noun (element)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Phosphorus provides nourishment for cyanobacteria (blue algae) which multiply and release toxins.

Source: tatoeba (501178)

Hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, oxygen, sulfur and selenium are nonmetals.

Source: tatoeba (1555658)

White phosphorus was used against civilians.

Source: tatoeba (2198741)

The element phosphorus is present in our DNA.

Source: tatoeba (2844706)

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