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Crimean Tatar
Etymology
From French sémaphore, from Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma, “sign”) + -φορος (-phoros, “bearer”).
Noun
semafor
- semaphore, traffic light
Declension
Declension of semafor
nominative
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semafor
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genitive
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semafornıñ
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dative
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semaforğa
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accusative
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semafornı
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locative
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semaforda
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ablative
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semafordan
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References
- Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from German Semaphor.
Pronunciation
Noun
semafor m inan
- traffic light
- Na semaforu je zelená. ― The traffic lights are green.
- (computing) semaphore (mechanism which is used to restrict access to a shared function or device to a single process at a time)
Declension
Declension of semafor (hard masculine inanimate)
Further reading
- semafor in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- semafor in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- semafor in Internetová jazyková příručka
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French sémaphore.
Pronunciation
Noun
semafor n (plural semafoare)
- traffic light
- semaphore
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
sȅmafōr m (Cyrillic spelling се̏мафо̄р)
- semaphore
- traffic light
Declension
Slovak
Pronunciation
Noun
semafor m inan (genitive singular semafora, nominative plural semafory, genitive plural semaforov, declension pattern of dub)
- traffic light
- (computing) semaphore (mechanism which is used to restrict access to a shared function or device to a single process at a time)
Declension
References
- “semafor”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Turkish
Etymology
From French sémaphore.
Noun
semafor (definite accusative semaforu, plural semaforlar)
- (transport) semaphore (signaling device of ships and railroads)
- (computing) semaphore
References