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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ph?sphorus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (ph?sphóros, “the bearer of light”), from ??? (phôs, “light”) + ???? (phér?, “to bear, carry”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: f?s?f?r?s, f?s?fr?s, IPA^(key): /?f?sf???s/, /?f?sf??s/
• (US) enPR: fäs?f?r?s, IPA^(key): /?f?sf??s/
• Homophones: phosphorous, Phosphorus

Noun

phosphorus (countable and uncountable, plural phosphoruses or phosphori)

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

Usage notes

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

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See also

• ADP
• AMP
• ATP
• bone-ash
• smoking stool syndrome

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (ph?sphóros, “light-bearing”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?p?o?s.p?o.rus/, [?p?o?s?p????s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?fos.fo.rus/, [?f?sf??us]

Noun

ph?sphorus m (genitive ph?sphor?); second declension

1. (New Latin, chemistry) phosphorus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

• Italian: fosforo
• Sicilian: pòspuru

English

Etymology

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? + -ite

Noun

tuite

1. (mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing calcium, iron, magnesium, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.

References

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Tuite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database

Dutch

Verb

tuite

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of tuiten

Anagrams

• uitte

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t???t??/

Noun

tuite

1. genitive singular of tuit

Participle

tuite

1. Alternative form of tite (past participle of tit)

Verb

tuite

1. Alternative form of tite (present subjunctive analytic of tit)

Mutation

Latin

Participle

tuite

1. vocative masculine singular of tuitus