siphon

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• rhymes with -aɪfən
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• /ˈsaɪfən/
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From Middle French siphon, from Old French sifon, from Latin sīphō, from Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn, “pipe, tube”), of uncertain origin; possibly related to Latin tibia (“pipe, flute of bone”), with the irregular forms suggesting a non-Indo-European loan source, perhaps of the shape *twi-, *twibh.

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: سِيفُون (sīfūn) — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Arabic: سَيْفون (sayfūn) — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Bulgarian: сифон (sifon) — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Catalan: sifó — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Chinese Mandarin: 水管 (shuǐguǎn) — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Chinese Mandarin: 虹吸管 (hóngxīguǎn) — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Chinese Mandarin: 虹吸 (hóngxī) — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Czech: násoska — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Dutch: hevel — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Finnish: lappo — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• French: siphon — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• German: Heber — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Hebrew: גישתה (gishtá) — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Hebrew: סיפון (sifón) — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Hungarian: szívócső — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Hungarian: szifon — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Hungarian: leszívócső — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Hungarian: szivornya — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Hungarian: hébér — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Hungarian: lopó — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Irish: siofón — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Italian: sifone — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Japanese: サイフォン (saifon) — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Japanese: 水管 (suikan) — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Korean: 사이폰 (saipon) — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Persian: سیفون (sifon) — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Persian: آببرا (âb-barâ) — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Persian: آبشویه (âb-šôye) — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Polish: lewar — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Polish: syfon — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Portuguese: sifão — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Russian: сифо́н (sifón) — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Spanish: sifón — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Swedish: sifon — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Swedish: hävert — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Tajik: сифон (sifon) — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Tajik: оббаро (obbaro) — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Tajik: обшӯя (obšüya) — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Thai: กาลักน้ํา (gaa-lák-náam) — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Turkish: sifon — bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other
• Catalan: sifó — tubelike organ found in animals or elongated cell found in plants
• Polish: syfon — tubelike organ found in animals or elongated cell found in plants
• Bulgarian: преливам (prelivam) — transfer by means of a siphon
• Czech: vysát — transfer by means of a siphon
• Czech: vycucnout — transfer by means of a siphon
• Finnish: lappaa — transfer by means of a siphon
• French: siphonner — transfer by means of a siphon
• German: abhebern — transfer by means of a siphon
• Hungarian: átvezet — transfer by means of a siphon
• Hungarian: elvezet — transfer by means of a siphon
• Hungarian: kiszív — transfer by means of a siphon
• Hungarian: leszív — transfer by means of a siphon
• Hungarian: elvon — transfer by means of a siphon
• Irish: siofón — transfer by means of a siphon
• Spanish: sifonar — transfer by means of a siphon
• Czech: vysát — steal or skim off in small amounts
• Czech: vycucnout — steal or skim off in small amounts
• French: siphonner — steal or skim off in small amounts
• German: unterschlagen — steal or skim off in small amounts
• German: absahnen — steal or skim off in small amounts
• Hungarian: elszipkáz — steal or skim off in small amounts
• Hungarian: megcsapol — steal or skim off in small amounts