semáforo

See also: semaforo

Portuguese

semáforo

Etymology

Borrowed from French sémaphore, from Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma, “sign”) and -φωρος (-phōros, “bearing, bearer”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈma.fo.ɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈma.fo.ɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈma.fo.ɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈma.fu.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: se‧má‧fo‧ro

Noun

semáforo m (plural semáforos)

1. traffic light

   Synonyms: (Brazil) sinaleiro, sinaleira, sinal, farol

2. semaphore (visual signalling system)
3. (computer architecture) semaphore (token used to restrict and allow access to a shared resource)

Further reading

• “semáforo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “semáforo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French sémaphore, from Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma, “sign”), and -foro derived from -φωρος (-phōros, “bearing, bearer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈmafoɾo/ [seˈma.fo.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -afoɾo
• Syllabification: se‧má‧fo‧ro

Noun

semáforo m (plural semáforos)

1. traffic light
2. semaphore, flag semaphore

Derived terms

• semaforizar

 

Further reading

• “semáforo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16