éther
French edit
Alternative forms edit
- æther (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Latin aethēr (“upper air, ether”), from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “air; ether”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
éther m (plural éthers)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Czech: éter
- → Hungarian: éter
- → Ottoman Turkish: اتر (eter)
- Turkish: eter
- → Romanian: eter
- → Slovak: éter
Further reading edit
- “éther”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Portuguese edit
Noun edit
éther m (plural éthers or étheres)
- Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of éter.