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href="https://az.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a 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title="phosphorus – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" title="phosphorus – Chinese" lang="zh" 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title="chemistry">chemistry</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> a <a href="/wiki/chemical" title="chemical">chemical</a> <a href="/wiki/element" title="element">element</a> (<i>symbol</i> P) with an <a href="/wiki/atomic_number" title="atomic number">atomic number</a> of 15, that exists in several <a href="/wiki/allotropic" title="allotropic">allotropic</a> forms. <ul><li><span class="see-cites">For quotations using this term, see <a href="/wiki/Citations:phosphorus#English" title="Citations:phosphorus">Citations:phosphorus</a>.</span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> any substance exhibiting <a href="/wiki/phosphorescence" title="phosphorescence">phosphorescence</a>; a <a href="/wiki/phosphor" title="phosphor">phosphor</a>. <ul><li><span class="see-cites">For quotations using 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title="foss">foss</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phos#English" title="phos">phos</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=phoss&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="phoss (page does not exist)">phoss</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fossy#English" title="fossy">fossy</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phossy#English" title="phossy">phossy</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Hittorf%27s_phosphorus#English" title="Hittorf's phosphorus">Hittorf's phosphorus</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Homberg%27s_phosphorus#English" title="Homberg's phosphorus">Homberg's phosphorus</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mercurial_phosphorus#English" title="mercurial phosphorus">mercurial phosphorus</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montalbano%27s_phosphorus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Montalbano's phosphorus (page does not exist)">Montalbano's phosphorus</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphane#English" title="phosphane">phosphane</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphonium#English" title="phosphonium">phosphonium</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphorate#English" title="phosphorate">phosphorate</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphorent#English" title="phosphorent">phosphorent</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphoreous#English" title="phosphoreous">phosphoreous</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphoresce#English" title="phosphoresce">phosphoresce</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphoriferous#English" title="phosphoriferous">phosphoriferous</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphorite#English" title="phosphorite">phosphorite</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphoro-#English" title="phosphoro-">phosphoro-</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphorolysis#English" title="phosphorolysis">phosphorolysis</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphorus-31#English" title="phosphorus-31">phosphorus-31</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphorus_bottle#English" title="phosphorus bottle">phosphorus bottle</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphorus_cachexia#English" title="phosphorus cachexia">phosphorus cachexia</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=phosphorus_chloride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="phosphorus chloride (page does not exist)">phosphorus chloride</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphorus_cycle#English" title="phosphorus cycle">phosphorus cycle</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=phosphorus_liver&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="phosphorus liver (page does not exist)">phosphorus liver</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphorus_match#English" title="phosphorus match">phosphorus match</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphorus_necrosis#English" title="phosphorus necrosis">phosphorus necrosis</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=phosphorus_oxybromide&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="phosphorus oxybromide (page does not exist)">phosphorus oxybromide</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=phosphorus_oxychloride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="phosphorus oxychloride (page does not exist)">phosphorus oxychloride</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphorus_oxynitride#English" title="phosphorus oxynitride">phosphorus oxynitride</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphorus_paste#English" title="phosphorus paste">phosphorus paste</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=phosphorus_pentabromide&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="phosphorus pentabromide (page does not exist)">phosphorus pentabromide</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphorus_pentachloride#English" title="phosphorus pentachloride">phosphorus pentachloride</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=phosphorus_pentafluoride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="phosphorus pentafluoride (page does not exist)">phosphorus pentafluoride</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=phosphorus_pentasulfide&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="phosphorus pentasulfide (page does not exist)">phosphorus pentasulfide</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=phosphorus_pentasulphide&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="phosphorus pentasulphide (page does not exist)">phosphorus pentasulphide</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphorus_pentoxide#English" title="phosphorus pentoxide">phosphorus pentoxide</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphorus_poisoning#English" title="phosphorus poisoning">phosphorus poisoning</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphorus_sesquisulfide#English" class="mw-redirect" title="phosphorus sesquisulfide">phosphorus sesquisulfide</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphorus_sesquisulphide#English" title="phosphorus sesquisulphide">phosphorus sesquisulphide</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphorus_steel#English" title="phosphorus steel">phosphorus steel</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=phosphorus_tribromide&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="phosphorus tribromide (page does not exist)">phosphorus tribromide</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphorus_trichloride#English" title="phosphorus trichloride">phosphorus trichloride</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=phosphorus_trifluoride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="phosphorus trifluoride (page does not exist)">phosphorus trifluoride</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=phosphorus_trihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="phosphorus trihydride (page does not exist)">phosphorus trihydride</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=phosphorus_triiodide&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="phosphorus triiodide (page does not exist)">phosphorus triiodide</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphorus_ylide#English" title="phosphorus ylide">phosphorus ylide</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphoryl#English" title="phosphoryl">phosphoryl</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosph-#English" title="phosph-">phosph-</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phospho-#English" title="phospho-">phospho-</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phossy_jaw#English" title="phossy jaw">phossy jaw</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/red_phosphorus#English" title="red phosphorus">red phosphorus</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/violet_phosphorus#English" title="violet phosphorus">violet phosphorus</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/white_phosphorus#English" title="white phosphorus">white phosphorus</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/yellow_phosphorus#English" title="yellow phosphorus">yellow phosphorus</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms">Related terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=phosphorus&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="4"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphate#English" title="phosphate">phosphate</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphatization#English" title="phosphatization">phosphatization</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphatized#English" title="phosphatized">phosphatized</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphatizing#English" title="phosphatizing">phosphatizing</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphide#English" title="phosphide">phosphide</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphine#English" title="phosphine">phosphine</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphite#English" title="phosphite">phosphite</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphor#English" title="phosphor">phosphor</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphoreal#English" title="phosphoreal">phosphoreal</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphorial#English" title="phosphorial">phosphorial</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphoresce#English" title="phosphoresce">phosphoresce</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphorescence#English" title="phosphorescence">phosphorescence</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphorescent#English" title="phosphorescent">phosphorescent</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphoretic#English" title="phosphoretic">phosphoretic</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphorgummite#English" title="phosphorgummite">phosphorgummite</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphoric#English" title="phosphoric">phosphoric</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphorise#English" title="phosphorise">phosphorise</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphorize#English" title="phosphorize">phosphorize</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphorism#English" title="phosphorism">phosphorism</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Phosphorist#English" title="Phosphorist">Phosphorist</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphorous#English" title="phosphorous">phosphorous</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphor-roesslerite#English" title="phosphor-roesslerite">phosphor-roesslerite</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphorr%C3%B6sslerite#English" title="phosphorrösslerite">phosphorrösslerite</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphoruria#English" title="phosphoruria">phosphoruria</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphuria#English" title="phosphuria">phosphuria</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Phosphorus#English" title="Phosphorus">Phosphorus</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphure#English" title="phosphure">phosphure</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphuret#English" title="phosphuret">phosphuret</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/phosphureted#English" title="phosphureted">phosphureted</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=phosphorus&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-Q674"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">element</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="element"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Afrikaans: <span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/fosfor#Afrikaans" title="fosfor">fosfor</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://af.wiktionary.org/wiki/fosfor" class="extiw" title="af:fosfor">(af)</a></span></li> <li>Albanian: <span class="Latn" lang="sq"><a href="/wiki/fosfor#Albanian" title="fosfor">fosfor</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sq.wiktionary.org/wiki/fosfor" class="extiw" title="sq:fosfor">(sq)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="gender incomplete">?</abbr></span></li> <li>Arabic: <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B3%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1#Arabic" title="فسفور">فُسْفُور</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">fusfūr</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Armenian: <span class="Armn" lang="hy"><a href="/wiki/%D6%86%D5%B8%D5%BD%D6%86%D5%B8%D6%80#Armenian" title="ֆոսֆոր">ֆոսֆոր</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D6%86%D5%B8%D5%BD%D6%86%D5%B8%D6%80" class="extiw" title="hy:ֆոսֆոր">(hy)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hy-Latn" class="tr Latn">fosfor</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Asturian: <span class="Latn" lang="ast"><a href="/wiki/f%C3%B3sforu#Asturian" title="fósforu">fósforu</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ast.wiktionary.org/wiki/f%C3%B3sforu" class="extiw" title="ast:fósforu">(ast)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Azerbaijani: <dl><dd>Roman: <span class="Latn" lang="az"><a href="/wiki/fosfor#Azerbaijani" title="fosfor">fosfor</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://az.wiktionary.org/wiki/fosfor" class="extiw" title="az:fosfor">(az)</a></span></dd> <dd>Abjad: <span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="az"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D8%A2%D8%AA%D8%B4_%DA%86%DB%8C%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AC%DB%8C&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="آتش چیقاریجی (page does not exist)">آتش چیقاریجی</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="az-Latn" class="tr Latn">atäsh chiqariji</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Basque: <span class="Latn" lang="eu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=fosforoa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="fosforoa (page does not exist)">fosforoa</a></span></li> <li>Belarusian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="be"><a href="/wiki/%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%80#Belarusian" title="фосфар">фо́сфар</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="be-Latn" class="tr Latn">fósfar</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Breton: <span class="Latn" lang="br"><a href="/wiki/fosfor#Breton" title="fosfor">fosfor</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/wiki/%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80#Bulgarian" title="фосфор">фо́сфор</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">fósfor</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/f%C3%B2sfor#Catalan" title="fòsfor">fòsfor</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/f%C3%B2sfor" class="extiw" title="ca:fòsfor">(ca)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Cantonese: <span class="Hani" lang="yue"><a href="/wiki/%E7%A3%B7#Cantonese" title="磷">磷</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="yue-Latn" class="tr Latn">leon<sup>4</sup></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd> <dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hani" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E7%A3%B7#Mandarin" title="磷">磷</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%A3%B7" class="extiw" title="zh:磷">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">lìn</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Cornish: <span class="Latn" lang="kw"><a href="/wiki/fosforos#Cornish" title="fosforos">fosforos</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/fosfor#Czech" title="fosfor">fosfor</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/fosfor" class="extiw" title="cs:fosfor">(cs)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Danish: <span class="Latn" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/fosfor#Danish" title="fosfor">fosfor</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/fosfor" class="extiw" title="da:fosfor">(da)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/fosfor#Dutch" title="fosfor">fosfor</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/fosfor" class="extiw" title="nl:fosfor">(nl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Esperanto: <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/wiki/fosforo#Esperanto" title="fosforo">fosforo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://eo.wiktionary.org/wiki/fosforo" class="extiw" title="eo:fosforo">(eo)</a></span></li> <li>Estonian: <span class="Latn" lang="et"><a href="/wiki/fosfor#Estonian" title="fosfor">fosfor</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://et.wiktionary.org/wiki/fosfor" class="extiw" title="et:fosfor">(et)</a></span></li> <li>Faroese: <span class="Latn" lang="fo"><a href="/wiki/fosfor#Faroese" title="fosfor">fosfor</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/fosfori#Finnish" title="fosfori">fosfori</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/fosfori" class="extiw" title="fi:fosfori">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/phosphore#French" title="phosphore">phosphore</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphore" class="extiw" title="fr:phosphore">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Friulian: <span class="Latn" lang="fur"><a href="/w/index.php?title=fosfar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="fosfar (page does not exist)">fosfar</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="gender incomplete">?</abbr></span></li> <li>Galician: <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/f%C3%B3sforo#Galician" title="fósforo">fósforo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/f%C3%B3sforo" class="extiw" title="gl:fósforo">(gl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Georgian: <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/wiki/%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98#Georgian" title="ფოსფორი">ფოსფორი</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">pospori</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Phosphor#German" title="Phosphor">Phosphor</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Phosphor" class="extiw" title="de:Phosphor">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/wiki/%CF%86%CF%8E%CF%83%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82#Greek" title="φώσφορος">φώσφορος</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%86%CF%8E%CF%83%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82" class="extiw" title="el:φώσφορος">(el)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">fósforos</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hebrew: <span class="Hebr" lang="he"><a href="/wiki/%D7%96%D7%A8%D7%97%D7%9F#Hebrew" title="זרחן">זרחן</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://he.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%96%D7%A8%D7%97%D7%9F" class="extiw" title="he:זרחן">(he)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="he-Latn" class="tr Latn">zarkhan</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hindi: <span class="Deva" lang="hi"><a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0#Hindi" title="भास्वर">भास्वर</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hi.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0" class="extiw" title="hi:भास्वर">(hi)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="gender incomplete">?</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hi-Latn" class="tr Latn">bhāsvar</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/foszfor#Hungarian" title="foszfor">foszfor</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/foszfor" class="extiw" title="hu:foszfor">(hu)</a></span></li> <li>Icelandic: <span class="Latn" lang="is"><a href="/wiki/fosf%C3%B3r#Icelandic" title="fosfór">fosfór</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/fosf%C3%B3r" class="extiw" title="is:fosfór">(is)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Interlingua: <span class="Latn" lang="ia"><a href="/w/index.php?title=phosphoro&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="phosphoro (page does not exist)">phosphoro</a></span></li> <li>Irish: <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/w/index.php?title=fosfar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="fosfar (page does not exist)">fosfar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ga.wiktionary.org/wiki/fosfar" class="extiw" title="ga:fosfar">(ga)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/fosforo#Italian" title="fosforo">fosforo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/fosforo" class="extiw" title="it:fosforo">(it)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3#Japanese" title="リン">リン</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3" class="extiw" title="ja:リン">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">rin</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E7%87%90#Japanese" title="燐">燐</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%87%90" class="extiw" title="ja:燐">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">りん, rin</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Kalmyk: <span class="Cyrl" lang="xal"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%81%D2%AF%D2%AF%D0%BC%D0%B3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="сүүмг (page does not exist)">сүүмг</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="xal-Latn" class="tr Latn">süümg</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Kashubian: <span class="Latn" lang="csb"><a href="/w/index.php?title=f%C3%B2sf%C3%B2r&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="fòsfòr (page does not exist)">fòsfòr</a></span></li> <li>Kazakh: <span class="Cyrl" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80#Kazakh" title="фосфор">фосфор</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://kk.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80" class="extiw" title="kk:фосфор">(kk)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="kk-Latn" class="tr Latn">fosfor</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Khmer: <span class="Khmr" lang="km"><a href="/wiki/%E1%9E%A0%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9C%E1%9E%BC%E1%9E%9F%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9C%E1%9F%90%E1%9E%9A#Khmer" title="ហ្វូស្វ័រ">ហ្វូស្វ័រ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="km-Latn" class="tr Latn">foosvoa</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Korean: <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/wiki/%EC%9D%B8#Korean" title="인">인(燐)</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B8" class="extiw" title="ko:인">(ko)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">in</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/wiki/%EC%9D%B8%EC%86%8C#Korean" title="인소">인소(燐素)</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B8%EC%86%8C" class="extiw" title="ko:인소">(ko)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">inso</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Latin: <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Latin">phosphorus</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/phosphorus" class="extiw" title="la:phosphorus">(la)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Latvian: <span class="Latn" lang="lv"><a href="/wiki/fosfors#Latvian" title="fosfors">fosfors</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Lingala: <span class="Latn" lang="ln"><a href="/w/index.php?title=fosofo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="fosofo (page does not exist)">fosofo</a></span> <span class="gender">class <abbr class="noun-class" title="noun class 9a">9a</abbr>/<abbr class="noun-class" title="noun class 10a">10a</abbr></span></li> <li>Lithuanian: <span class="Latn" lang="lt"><a href="/wiki/fosforas#Lithuanian" title="fosforas">fosforas</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://lt.wiktionary.org/wiki/fosforas" class="extiw" title="lt:fosforas">(lt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="gender incomplete">?</abbr></span></li> <li>Luxembourgish: <span class="Latn" lang="lb"><a href="/wiki/Phosphor#Luxembourgish" title="Phosphor">Phosphor</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="gender incomplete">?</abbr></span></li> <li>Macedonian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/wiki/%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80#Macedonian" title="фосфор">фосфор</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://mk.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80" class="extiw" title="mk:фосфор">(mk)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">fosfor</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Malay: <span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/fosforus#Malay" title="fosforus">fosforus</a></span></li> <li>Malayalam: <span class="Mlym" lang="ml"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B4%AB%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AB%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D#Malayalam" title="ഫോസ്ഫറസ്">ഫോസ്ഫറസ്</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ml-Latn" class="tr Latn">phōsphaṟasŭ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Maltese: <span class="Latn" lang="mt"><a href="/wiki/fosforu#Maltese" title="fosforu">fosforu</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Manx: <span class="Latn" lang="gv"><a href="/w/index.php?title=fosfaar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="fosfaar (page does not exist)">fosfaar</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Maori: <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=p%C5%ABt%C5%ABtaewhet%C5%AB&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="pūtūtaewhetū (page does not exist)">pūtūtaewhetū</a></span></li> <li>Marathi: <span class="Deva" lang="mr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A6&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="स्फुरद (page does not exist)">स्फुरद</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="gender incomplete">?</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mr-Latn" class="tr Latn">sphurad</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Mongolian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mn"><a href="/wiki/%D1%81%D2%AF%D2%AF%D0%BC%D1%8D%D0%B3#Mongolian" title="сүүмэг">сүүмэг</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mn-Latn" class="tr Latn">süümeg</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Norwegian: <dl><dd>Bokmål: <span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/fosfor#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="fosfor">fosfor</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/fosfor" class="extiw" title="no:fosfor">(no)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></dd> <dd>Nynorsk: <span class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/wiki/fosfor#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="fosfor">fosfor</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nn.wiktionary.org/wiki/fosfor" class="extiw" title="nn:fosfor">(nn)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Occitan: <span class="Latn" lang="oc"><a href="/wiki/fosf%C3%B2r#Occitan" title="fosfòr">fosfòr</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://oc.wiktionary.org/wiki/fosf%C3%B2r" class="extiw" title="oc:fosfòr">(oc)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Persian: <span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><a href="/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B3%D9%81%D8%B1#Persian" title="فسفر">فسفر</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B3%D9%81%D8%B1" class="extiw" title="fa:فسفر">(fa)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="fa-Latn" class="tr Latn">fosfor</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/fosfor#Polish" title="fosfor">fosfor</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/fosfor" class="extiw" title="pl:fosfor">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/f%C3%B3sforo#Portuguese" title="fósforo">fósforo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/f%C3%B3sforo" class="extiw" title="pt:fósforo">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/fosfor#Romanian" title="fosfor">fosfor</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/fosfor" class="extiw" title="ro:fosfor">(ro)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80#Russian" title="фосфор">фо́сфор</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80" class="extiw" title="ru:фосфор">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">fósfor</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Scottish Gaelic: <span class="Latn" lang="gd"><a href="/wiki/fosfor#Scottish_Gaelic" title="fosfor">fosfor</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <dl><dd>Cyrillic: <span class="Cyrl" lang="sh"><a href="/wiki/%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80#Serbo-Croatian" title="фосфор">фо̏сфор</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></dd> <dd>Roman: <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/wiki/fosfor#Serbo-Croatian" title="fosfor">fȍsfor</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/fosfor" class="extiw" title="sh:fosfor">(sh)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Sicilian: <span class="Latn" lang="scn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=p%C3%B2spuru&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="pòspuru (page does not exist)">pòspuru</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://scn.wiktionary.org/wiki/p%C3%B2spuru" class="extiw" title="scn:pòspuru">(scn)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Slovak: <span class="Latn" lang="sk"><a href="/wiki/fosfor#Slovak" title="fosfor">fosfor</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sk.wiktionary.org/wiki/fosfor" class="extiw" title="sk:fosfor">(sk)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Slovene: <span class="Latn" lang="sl"><a href="/wiki/fosfor#Slovene" title="fosfor">fósfor</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sl.wiktionary.org/wiki/fosfor" class="extiw" title="sl:fosfor">(sl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/f%C3%B3sforo#Spanish" title="fósforo">fósforo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/f%C3%B3sforo" class="extiw" title="es:fósforo">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Swahili: <span class="Latn" lang="sw"><a href="/wiki/fosforasi#Swahili" title="fosforasi">fosforasi</a></span> <span class="gender">class <abbr class="noun-class" title="noun class 9">9</abbr>/<abbr class="noun-class" title="noun class 10">10</abbr></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/fosfor#Swedish" title="fosfor">fosfor</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/fosfor" class="extiw" title="sv:fosfor">(sv)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr> or <abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li> <li>Tagalog: <span class="Latn" lang="tl"><a href="/wiki/posporo#Tagalog" title="posporo">posporo</a></span></li> <li>Tajik: <span class="Cyrl" lang="tg"><a href="/wiki/%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80#Tajik" title="фосфор">фосфор</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80" class="extiw" title="tg:фосфор">(tg)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="tg-Latn" class="tr Latn">fosfor</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Tamil: <span class="Taml" lang="ta"><a href="/wiki/%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B1%E0%AE%BF#Tamil" title="தீமுறி">தீமுறி</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ta-Latn" class="tr Latn">tīmuṟi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Taml" lang="ta"><a href="/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D#Tamil" title="பிரகாசிதம்">பிரகாசிதம்</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" class="extiw" title="ta:பிரகாசிதம்">(ta)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ta-Latn" class="tr Latn">pirakācitam</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Telugu: <span class="Telu" lang="te"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B0%AD%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%82#Telugu" title="భాస్వరం">భాస్వరం</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://te.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AD%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%82" class="extiw" title="te:భాస్వరం">(te)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="te-Latn" class="tr Latn">bhāsvaraṁ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Thai: <span class="Thai" lang="th"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%AA#Thai" title="ฟอสฟอรัส">ฟอสฟอรัส</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://th.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%AA" class="extiw" title="th:ฟอสฟอรัส">(th)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="th-Latn" class="tr Latn">fɔ́ɔs-fɔɔ-rás</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Turkish: <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/wiki/fosfor#Turkish" title="fosfor">fosfor</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/fosfor" class="extiw" title="tr:fosfor">(tr)</a></span></li> <li>Ukrainian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/wiki/%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80#Ukrainian" title="фосфор">фо́сфор</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">fósfor</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Uzbek: <span class="Latn" lang="uz"><a href="/wiki/fosfor#Uzbek" title="fosfor">fosfor</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://uz.wiktionary.org/wiki/fosfor" class="extiw" title="uz:fosfor">(uz)</a></span> <dl><dd>Cyrillic: <span class="Cyrl" lang="uz"><a href="/wiki/%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80#Uzbek" title="фосфор">фосфор</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://uz.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80" class="extiw" title="uz:фосфор">(uz)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uz-Latn" class="tr Latn">fosfor</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Vietnamese: <span class="Latn" lang="vi"><a href="/wiki/photpho#Vietnamese" title="photpho">photpho</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/photpho" class="extiw" title="vi:photpho">(vi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="vi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ph%E1%BB%91tpho&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="phốtpho (page does not exist)">phốtpho</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/ph%E1%BB%91tpho" class="extiw" title="vi:phốtpho">(vi)</a></span></li> <li>Volapük: <span class="Latn" lang="vo"><a href="/w/index.php?title=fosfin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="fosfin (page does not exist)">fosfin</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://vo.wiktionary.org/wiki/fosfin" class="extiw" title="vo:fosfin">(vo)</a></span></li> <li>Welsh: <span class="Latn" lang="cy"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ff%C3%B3sfforws&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ffósfforws (page does not exist)">ffósfforws</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>West Frisian: <span class="Latn" lang="fy"><a href="/wiki/fosfor#West_Frisian" title="fosfor">fosfor</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="gender incomplete">?</abbr></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="See_also">See also</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=phosphorus&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/ADP#English" title="ADP">ADP</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/AMP#English" title="AMP">AMP</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/ATP#English" title="ATP">ATP</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bone-ash#English" title="bone-ash">bone-ash</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/smoking_stool_syndrome#English" title="smoking stool syndrome">smoking stool syndrome</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Latin">Latin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=phosphorus&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Latin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">Latin <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/la:phosphorus" class="extiw" title="w:la:phosphorus">phosphorus</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/la:phosphorus" class="extiw" title="w:la:phosphorus">Wikipedia <sup>la</sup></a></span></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81571951"> <table class="floatright" style="border:1px solid #AAA; padding: 0px 10px 0px 10px; min-width: 250px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="font-size: smaller;"><a href="/wiki/chemical_element" title="chemical element">Chemical element</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; font-size: 250%; padding: 0px 10px 5px 0px; vertical-align: middle;"><b>P</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;">Previous: <b><span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/silicium#Latin" title="silicium">silicium</a></span> (Si)</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Next: <b><span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/sulfur#Latin" title="sulfur">sulfur</a></span> (S)</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=phosphorus&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek" class="extiw" title="w:Ancient Greek">Ancient Greek</a></span> <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CF%86%CF%89%CF%83%CF%86%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82#Ancient_Greek" title="φωσφόρος">φωσφόρος</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="grc-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">phōsphóros</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">light-bearing</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=phosphorus&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Classical Latin">Classical Latin</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Latin_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Latin pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈpʰoːs.pʰo.rus/</span>, <span class="IPA">[ˈpʰoːs̠pʰɔrʊs̠]</span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_phonology_and_orthography#Ecclesiastical_pronunciation" class="extiw" title="w:Latin phonology and orthography">modern Italianate Ecclesiastical</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Latin_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Latin pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈfos.fo.rus/</span>, <span class="IPA">[ˈfɔsforus]</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_2">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=phosphorus&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="la">phōsphorus</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> (<i>genitive</i> <b class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/phosphori#Latin" title="phosphori">phōsphorī</a></b>)</span>; <i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Latin_second_declension" title="Appendix:Latin second declension">second declension</a></i> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Latin" class="extiw" title="w:New Latin">New Latin</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/chemistry" title="chemistry">chemistry</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">phosphorus</a></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Declension">Declension</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=phosphorus&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Declension"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Latin_second_declension" title="Appendix:Latin second declension">Second-declension</a> 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