эфир
Russian
Alternative forms
- эѳи́ръ (efír) (Pre-reform orthography (1918))
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “upper air”).
Pronunciation
Noun
эфи́р • (efír) m inan (genitive эфи́ра, nominative plural эфи́ры, genitive plural эфи́ров)
- ether (organic chemistry: a compound containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups)
- (physics) ether
- (alchemy) ether
- (broadcasting) air
- в эфи́ре ― v efíre ― on air
- прямо́й эфи́р ― prjamój efír ― live broadcast (literally, “direct ether”)
Declension
Related terms
- прямо́й эфи́р (prjamój efír)
- эфи́рный (efírnyj)
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