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fosforeski

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Esperanto

Etymology

Ultimately derived from Latin phōsphorus (phosphorus, noun).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fosfoˈreski/
  • Rhymes: -eski
  • Hyphenation: fos‧fo‧res‧ki

Verb

fosforeski (present fosforeskas, past fosforeskis, future fosforeskos, conditional fosforeskus, volitive fosforesku)

  1. (intransitive, physics) to phosphoresce (to emit phosphorescence)
    Synonyms: fluoreski, reflekti
    Hypernyms: lumi, lumineski
    • 1957–1972, Sándor Szathmári, “Honorigo [Honoring]”, in Satiraj rakontoj [Satirical stories]:
      La profesoro funkciigis la aparaton, la tubo komencis fosforeski.
      The professor turned on the device, the tube began to phosphoresce.
    • 1984–1987, Julij Muraŝkovskij, Ingrida Muraŝkovska, Kien fluas roj’ Castalie [Where does the Castalie stream flow], Literatura Skatolo:
      [] fantoma lumo en la kajuto fosforeskas.
      [] a ghostly light in the cabin phosphoresces.
    • 1997, Michael Ende, “Perelin', la Noktarbaro [Perelin' the Night Forest]”, in Diestel, Wolfram, transl., La senĉesa rakonto [The Neverending Story], Berlin—Maribor: Germana Esperanto-Asocio; Inter-Kulturo, published 1997, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL:
      La branĉo estis dika kiel barelo kaj fosforeskis ruĝe de interne.
      The branch was as thick as a barrel and phosphoresced red from the inside.

Conjugation

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