syfon
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French siphon, from Middle French siphon, from Old French sifon, from Latin sīphō, from Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
syfon m inan (diminutive lewarek)
- soda siphon
- (caving, hydrology) siphon, sump (completely flooded cave passage)
- (plumbing) trap (U-shaped portion of pipe designed to trap liquid or gas to prevent unwanted flow)
- siphon (bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other)
- Synonym: lewar
- (anatomy) siphon (tubelike organ found in animals or elongated cell found in plants)
Declension edit
Declension of syfon
Derived terms edit
adjective
Further reading edit
- syfon in Polish dictionaries at PWN