semafor

From French sémaphore, from Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma, “sign”) + -φορος (-phoros, “bearer”).

semafor

1. semaphore, traffic light

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Borrowed from German Semaphor.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛmafor]

semafor m inan

1. traffic light

   Na semaforu je zelená. ― The traffic lights are green.

2. (computing) semaphore (mechanism which is used to restrict access to a shared function or device to a single process at a time)

• semafor in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• semafor in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• semafor in Internetová jazyková příručka

Borrowed from French sémaphore.

• IPA^(key): /se.maˈfor/

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semafor n (plural semafoare)

1. traffic light
2. semaphore

sȅmafōr m (Cyrillic spelling се̏мафо̄р)

1. semaphore
2. traffic light

• IPA^(key): [ˈsemafɔr]

semafor m inan (genitive singular semafora, nominative plural semafory, genitive plural semaforov, declension pattern of dub)

1. traffic light
2. (computing) semaphore (mechanism which is used to restrict access to a shared function or device to a single process at a time)

• “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

From French sémaphore.

semafor (definite accusative semaforu, plural semaforlar)

1. (transport) semaphore (signaling device of ships and railroads) [from 1929]
2. (computing) semaphore

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “semafor”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 4, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4136
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “semafor”, in Nişanyan Sözlük