phosphorous

English

Etymology

From phosphorus +‎ -ous.

Adjective

phosphorous (not comparable)

(chemistry) Of or pertaining to phosphorus.
Resembling phosphorus.
(chemistry) Of relating to or containing trivalent phosphorus.

Usage notes

Do not confuse phosphorous with phosphorus, which is the noun.

Synonyms

(of or pertaining to phosphorus): phosphoric
(resembling phosphorus): phosphoric

Derived terms

hypophosphorous acid
phosphorous acid
phosphorous anhydride
phosphorous chloride

Related terms

Translations

of or pertaining to phosphorus

Bulgarian: фосфорен (fosforen)
Catalan: fosforós m
Danish: fosforholdig
French: phosphoreux (fr), phosphorique (fr), phosphorescent (fr) m, phosphorescente (fr) f
Portuguese: fosforoso m

resembling phosphorus

Danish: fosforlignende
French: phosphoreux (fr), phosphorique (fr), phosphorescent (fr) m, phosphorescente (fr) f

of, relating to or containing trivalent phosphorus

Bulgarian: съдържащ тривалентен фосфор (sǎdǎržašt trivalenten fosfor)
Danish: fosforsyrlig
Dutch: fosforig
French: phosphoreux (fr), phosphorique (fr), phosphorescent (fr) m, phosphorescente (fr) f
Italian: fosforoso (it) m

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French: ^{(please verify)} phosphorique (fr)

Noun

phosphorous (uncountable)

(proscribed) Misspelling of phosphorus.
- 1991 April 6, Steve Rose, “A Human Drama”, in Gay Community News, page 5:
  As a former civilian resident of west Beirut, bombed with American-made phosphorous and cluster bombs by the Israelis, I am outraged by this.

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