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éter
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Hungarian
Pronunciation
Noun
éter (usually uncountable, plural éterek)
Declension
Derived terms
- éteri
Further reading
- éter in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
- éter in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
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Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin aethēr (“the upper pure, bright air”), from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “upper air”), from αἴθω (aíthō, “to burn, shine”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: é‧ter
Noun
éter m (countable and uncountable, plural (obsolete) éters or éteres)
- (organic chemistry)
- (countable) ether (diethyl ether)
- (uncountable) ether (class of organic compounds)
- (uncountable, poetic) aether (the upper sky)
- (uncountable, physics, historical) ether (substance once thought to fill all space)
- (uncountable, alchemy) aether (classical physical element)
Related terms
- etereal
- etéreo
- etérico
- eterificação
- eterificado
- eterificador
- eterificante
- eterificar
- eterina
- eterismo
- eterização
- eterizador
- eterizar
- eterizável
- eterol
Further reading
- “éter”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
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Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
éter m (plural éteres)
Related terms
Further reading
- “éter”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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