Phosphor

See also: phosphor

English

Proper noun

Phosphor

1. Alternative spelling of Phosphorus (“the planet Venus, as the morning star”)
   • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto IX:

     All night no ruder air perplex
     ⁠Thy sliding keel, till Phosphor, bright
     ⁠As our pure love, thro’ early light
     Shall glimmer on the dewy decks.

   • 1960, John Barth, The Sot-Weed Factor, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, →OCLC, page 518:

     Anna likened you to Phosphor, the morning star, and herself to Hesper, the mortal star of evening, and when I told her those twin stars were one and the same, and not a star at all but the planet Venus, […]

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Phosphor.

German

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔsfoɐ/

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Noun

Phosphor m (strong, genitive Phosphors, no plural)

1. phosphorus
2. phosphor

Declension

Declension of Phosphor [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Phosphor
genitive	eines	des	Phosphors
dative	einem	dem	Phosphor
accusative	einen	den	Phosphor

Coordinate terms

• (chemical element): Previous: Silizium. Next: Schwefel

Related terms

• phosphoreszieren

Further reading

• “Phosphor” in Duden online
• “Phosphor” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Noun

Phosphor ? (uncountable)

1. phosphorus