siphon

Etymology
From, from , from , from , of uncertain origin; possibly related to 🇨🇬, with the irregular forms suggesting a non-Indo-European loan source, perhaps of the shape *twi-, *twibh.

Noun

 * 1) A bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other, in which hydrostatic pressure exerted due to the force of gravity moves liquid from one reservoir to another.
 * 2) A soda siphon.
 * 3)  A tubelike organ found in animals or elongated cell found in plants.

Translations

 * Arabic: سِيفُون
 * Hijazi Arabic: سَيْفون
 * Bulgarian: сифон
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: násoska
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: גישתה (gishtá), (sifón)
 * Hungarian:, , leszívócső, , ,
 * Irish: siofón
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: サイフォン,
 * Korean: 사이폰
 * Persian:, آب‌برا,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tajik: сифон, оббаро, обшӯя
 * Thai:


 * Catalan:
 * Polish:

Verb

 * 1)  To transfer (liquid) by means of a siphon.
 * 2)  To steal or skim off money in small amounts; to embezzle.
 * 1)  To steal or skim off money in small amounts; to embezzle.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: vysát, vycucnout
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Irish: siofón
 * Spanish: sifonear


 * Czech: vysát, vycucnout
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: ,

Etymology
From from, of unknown ultimate origin.