phosphorous
English
adjective
Definitions
- (chemistry) Of or pertaining to phosphorus.
- Resembling phosphorus.
- (chemistry) Of relating to or containing trivalent phosphorus.
Etymology
Suffix from English phosphorus.
Origin
English
phosphorus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- althupite English
- chlorophosphite English
- cuprophosphorus English
- diphosphorus English
- ferrophosphorus English
- hypophosphite English
- hypophosphorous English
- nonphosphorous English
- nonphosphorus English
- organophosphorus English
- orthophosphite English
- phosphite English
- phosphorene English
- phosphorus English
- phosphoruslike English
- phossy English
- radiophosphorus English
- sulphophosphorous English
- phōsphorus Latin
- फास्फोरस Hindi
- fosforasi Swahili
- ifosiforasi Xhosa