syfon

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French siphon, from Middle French siphon, from Old French sifon, from Latin sīphō, from Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɨ.fɔn/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɨfɔn
  • Syllabification: sy‧fon

Noun

syfon m inan (diminutive lewarek)

  1. soda siphon
  2. (caving, hydrology) siphon, sump (completely flooded cave passage)
  3. (plumbing) trap (U-shaped portion of pipe designed to trap liquid or gas to prevent unwanted flow)
  4. siphon (bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other)
    Synonym: lewar
  5. (anatomy) siphon (tubelike organ found in animals or elongated cell found in plants)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
  • syfonowy

Further reading

  • syfon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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