eter

See also: éter, èter, Éter, and Èter

Dutch

Etymology

root of eten 'to eat' + -er

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eːtər

Noun

eter m (plural eters, diminutive etertje n)

1. eater

Derived terms

• alleseter m
• insecteneter m
• planteneter m
• vleeseter m

Anagrams

• eert, reet, teer, tere, tree

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse etari, equivalent to ete +‎ -er

Noun

eter m (definite singular eteren, indefinite plural etere, definite plural eterne)

1. an eater

Etymology 2

From Latin aether, from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr)

Noun

eter m (definite singular eteren, indefinite plural etere, definite plural eterne)

1. ether (chemistry)
2. ether (historical, in physics and philosophy)
3. the airwaves

Etymology 3

Verb

eter

1. (deprecated template usage) present of ete

References

• “eter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• NAOB [1]

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin aether, from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr)

Noun

eter m (definite singular eteren, indefinite plural eterar, definite plural eterane)

1. ether (chemistry)
2. ether (historical, in physics and philosophy)
3. the airwaves

References

• “eter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *enter, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁enter (“between”). Cognate with Latin inter (“between”) and Sanskrit अन्तर् (antár, “between, within, into”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈedʲer/

Preposition

eter

1. between

Descendants

• Irish: idir
• Manx: eddyr
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar

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Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse eitr, from Proto-Germanic *aitrą.

Noun

ēter n

1. poison, venom
2. pus

Declension

  Declension of eter (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ētr	ētrit	ētr	ētrin
accusative	ētr	ētrit	ētr	ētrin
dative	ētri, ētre	ētrinu, ētreno	ētrum, ētrom	ētrumin, ētromen
genitive	ētrs	ētrsins	ētra	ētranna

Descendants

• Swedish: etter

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.tɛr/

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Noun

eter m inan

1. ether (any compound with to hydrocarbon groups bonded to an oxygen atom)
2. (informal) diethyl ether

Declension

Declension of eter

	singular	plural
nominative	eter	etery
genitive	eteru	eterów
dative	eterowi	eterom
accusative	eter	etery
instrumental	eterem	eterami
locative	eterze	eterach
vocative	eterze	etery

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French éther, Latin aethēr.

Noun

eter m (plural eteri)

1. (organic chemistry) ether (compound containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups)
2. (archaic, physics) ether (substance once thought to fill all space)

Declension

Declension of eter

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) eter	eterul	(niște) eteri	eterii
genitive/dative	(unui) eter	eterului	(unor) eteri	eterilor
vocative	eterule		eterilor

Noun

eter n (plural eteruri)

1. (figurative) air, sky, atmosphere
2. (ancient philosophy and alchemy, uncountable) ether (classical physical element)

Declension

Declension of eter

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) eter	eterul	(niște) eteruri	eterurile
genitive/dative	(unui) eter	eterului	(unor) eteruri	eterurilor
vocative	eterule		eterurilor

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Swedish

Noun

eter c

1. ether (a chemical)

   Sedan Morton (1846) lärt känna eterns bedöfvande verkan --Nordisk familjebok (1917)

2. ether (once thought a substance filling all space, carrying electromagnetic waves; or the sky in general)

   Cedern strävar stolt mot eterns dag. --poetry by Erik Johan Stagnelius (c. 1820)

   Eterns tillvaro har ännu ej kunnat direkt påvisas --Nordisk familjebok (1881)

Declension

Declension of eter
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	eter	etern	—	—
Genitive	eters	eterns	—	—

Derived terms

• eterisk
• etervåg

Anagrams

• teer