foton

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See also: Foton, fóton, and fotón

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

foton m inan

  1. photon

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

  • foton in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • foton in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Pronunciation

Noun

foton c (singular definite fotonen, plural indefinite fotoner)

  1. (physics) photon

Declension

References

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English photon, constructed from Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, light).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfoːtɔn/
  • (file)

Noun

foton n (plural fotonen, diminutive fotontje n)

  1. A photon, quantum of light
  2. The unit of electromagnetic radiation

Derived terms

Related terms

Esperanto

Noun

foton

  1. accusative singular of foto

Hungarian

Hungarian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia hu

Pronunciation

Noun

foton (plural fotonok)

  1. (physics) photon (quantum of light and other electromagnetic energy)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative foton fotonok
accusative fotont fotonokat
dative fotonnak fotonoknak
instrumental fotonnal fotonokkal
causal-final fotonért fotonokért
translative fotonná fotonokká
terminative fotonig fotonokig
essive-formal fotonként fotonokként
essive-modal
inessive fotonban fotonokban
superessive fotonon fotonokon
adessive fotonnál fotonoknál
illative fotonba fotonokba
sublative fotonra fotonokra
allative fotonhoz fotonokhoz
elative fotonból fotonokból
delative fotonról fotonokról
ablative fotontól fotonoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
fotoné fotonoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
fotonéi fotonokéi
Possessive forms of foton
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. fotonom fotonjaim
2nd person sing. fotonod fotonjaid
3rd person sing. fotonja fotonjai
1st person plural fotonunk fotonjaink
2nd person plural fotonotok fotonjaitok
3rd person plural fotonjuk fotonjaik

Indonesian

Noun

foton (first-person possessive fotonku, second-person possessive fotonmu, third-person possessive fotonnya)

  1. photon

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φωτός (phōtós), genitive of φῶς (phôs), +‎ -on.

Noun

foton n (definite singular fotonet, indefinite plural foton or fotoner, definite plural fotona or fotonene)

  1. (physics) a photon

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φωτός (phōtós), genitive of φῶς (phôs), +‎ -on.

Noun

foton n (definite singular fotonet, indefinite plural foton, definite plural fotona)

  1. (physics) a photon

References

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

foton m inan

  1. photon

Declension

Further reading

  • foton in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • foton in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French photon.

Noun

foton m (plural fotoni)

  1. photon

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

fòtōn m (Cyrillic spelling фо̀то̄н)

  1. A photon

Declension

Swedish

Noun

foton c

  1. a photon

Declension

Declension of foton 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative foton fotonen fotoner fotonerna
Genitive fotons fotonens fotoners fotonernas

Noun

foton

  1. indefinite plural of foto