see|Phosphorus
English
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Pronunciation
(RP): f�sʹf�r�s, /�f�sf�r�s/, /<tt>"fQsf@r@s</tt>/
(US): fäsʹf�r�s, /�f�sf��s/, /<tt>"fAsf@`@s</tt>/

Etymology
From Latinised Greek Phosphorus, from Ancient Greek Φ�����ο� (fosfóros), the bearer of light, from ��� (fos), light + �έ�� (phéro), to bear, to carry

Homophones
phosphorous, Phosphorus

Noun
en-noun|-
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1. chemistry a chemical element (symbol P) with an atomic number of 15, that exists in several allotropic forms.
2. obsolete any substance exhibiting phosphorescence; a phosphor

Usage notes
Do not confuse phosphorus with phosphorous, which is an adjective.

Derived terms
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Baldwin's phosphorus
Bolognian phosphorus
Bononian phosphorus
Canton's phosphorus
diphosphorus
foss, phos, phoss
fossy, phossy
Hittorf's phosphorus
Homberg's phosphorus
mercurial phosphorus
Montalbano's phosphorus
oleum phosphoratum
phosph-, phospho-
phosphane
phosphonium
phosphorate
phosphorent
phosphoreous
phosphoresce
phosphoriferous
phosphorite
phosphoro-
phosphorolysis
phosphorus-31
phosphorus bottle
phosphorus cachexia
phosphorus chloride
mid2
phosphorus liver
phosphorus match
phosphorus necrosis
phosphorus oxybromide
phosphorus oxychloride
phosphorus paste
phosphorus pentabromide
phosphorus pentachloride
phosphorus pentafluoride
phosphorus pentasulfide, phosphorus pentasulphide
phosphorus pentoxide
phosphorus poisoning
phosphorus sesquisulfide, phosphorus sesquisulphide
phosphorus tribromide
phosphorus trichloride
phosphorus trifluoride
phosphorus trihydride
phosphorus triiodide
phosphoryl
phossy jaw
black phosphorus
red phosphorus
violet phosphorus
white phosphorus
yellow phosphorus

Related terms
top2
phosphate
phosphatization
phosphatized
phosphatizing
phosphide
phosphine
phosphite
phosphor
phosphoreal, phosphorial
phosphoresce
phosphorescence
phosphorescent
phosphoretic
mid2
phosphorgummite
phosphoric
phosphorise, phosphorize
phosphorism
phosphorist
phosphorous
phosphor-roesslerite, phosphorrösslerite
phosphoruria, phosphuria
Phosphorus
phosphure
phosphuret
phosphureted

Translations

Afrikaans: fosfor#Afrikaans|fosfor
Albanian: fosfor#Albanian|fosfor
Arabic: Arab|��س��ر (fusfú:r) m
Armenian: Ö�Õ¸Õ½Ö�Õ¸Ö� (fosfor)
Basque: fosforoa
Belarusian: �о��а� (fósfar) m
Bosnian: fosfor#Bosnian|fosfor
Breton: fosfor#Breton|fosfor m
Bulgarian: �о��о� (fósfor) m
Catalan: fòsfor
Chinese: 磷 (lìn)
Chinese Cantonese: 磷 (leun4)
Cornish: fosforus
Croatian: fosfor#Croatian|fosfor m
Czech: fosfor#Czech|fosfor m
Danish: fosfor#Danish|fosfor
Dutch: fosfor#Dutch|fosfor n
Esperanto: fosforo#Esperanto|fosforo
Estonian: fosfor#Estonian|fosfor
Faroese: fosfor#Faroese|fosfor
Finnish: fosfori
French: phosphore m
Frisian: fosfor#Frisian|fosfor
Friulian: fosfar
Hebrew: he-translation|�ר��|zarkhan
Galician: fósforo
Georgian: ������� (p�osp�ori)
German: Phosphor m
Greek, Modern: ����ο�ο� (f�sforos) m
Hebrew: �ר�� unicode|(zarḥan)
Hungarian: foszfor
Icelandic: fosfór n
Interlingua: phosphoro
Irish: fosfar
mid
Italian: fosforo#Italian|fosforo m
Japanese: ��, � (rin)
Kashmiri: fòsfòr
Kazakh: �о��о� (fosfor)
Korean: � (�, in), �� (�素, inso)
Latin: phosphorus#Latin|phosphorus m
Latvian: fosfors
Lithuanian: fosforas
Luxembourgish: phosphor
Macedonian: �о��о� (fosfor) m
Malay: fosforus
Maltese: fosfru
Manx: fosfaar
Mongolian: �үүм�г (süümeg)
Norwegian: fosfor#Norwegian|fosfor
Polish: fosfor#Polish|fosfor m
Portuguese: fósforo m
Romanian: fosfor#Romanian|fosfor n
Russian: �о��о� (fósfor) m
Scottish Gaelic: fosfaras
Serbian: �о��о� (fosfor#Serbian|fosfor) m
Slovak: fosfor#Slovak|fosfor m
Slovenian: fosfor#Slovenian|fosfor
Spanish: fósforo m
Swedish: fosfor#Swedish|fosfor
Tajik: fosfor#Tajik|fosfor
Tamil: த�ம�றி (theemuRi), பிர�ா�ிதம� (pirakaasitham)
Telugu: భాస�వర� (bhaasvaram)
Thai: Thai|�อส�อรัส (fosforas)
Turkish: fosfor#Turkish|fosfor
Ukrainian: �о��о� (fósfor) m
Uzbek: �о��о� (fosfor)
Vietnamese: photpho
Welsh: ffósfforws

See also
ADP
AMP
ATP
bone-ash
smoking stool syndrome

External links
For etymology and more information refer to:
http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/elem/be.html
(A lot of the translations were taken from that site with permission from the author)

Category:Greek derivations

Latin

Noun
phosphorus m

1. phosphorus#English|phosphorus

Category:Chemical elements

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