Phosphor

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English[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

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[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔsfoɐ/
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Noun[edit]

Phosphor m (strong, genitive Phosphors, no plural)

  1. phosphorus
  2. phosphor

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Further reading[edit]

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

Luxembourgish[edit]

Noun[edit]

Phosphor ? (uncountable)

  1. phosphorus