syfon
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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French siphon, from Middle French siphon, from Old French sifon, from Latin sīphō, from Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn).
Pronunciation
Noun
syfon m inan (diminutive lewarek)
- soda siphon
- (caving, hydrology) siphon, sump (completely flooded cave passage)
- (plumbing) trap (U-shaped portion of pipe designed to trap liquid or gas to prevent unwanted flow)
- siphon (bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other)
- Synonym: lewar
- (anatomy) siphon (tubelike organ found in animals or elongated cell found in plants)
Declension
Declension of syfon
Derived terms
adjective
Further reading
- syfon in Polish dictionaries at PWN