eter
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch ētere. Equivalent to eten (“to eat”) + -er.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
eter m (plural eters, diminutive etertje n)
Derived terms edit
Anagrams edit
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Dutch ether, from Middle Dutch ether, from Latin aethēr, from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ètêr (plural eter-eter, first-person possessive eterku, second-person possessive etermu, third-person possessive eternya)
- ether:
- (organic chemistry) organic compound containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups.
- (historical) fifth element of Aristotelian natural philosophy, supposed to be the building block of the heavens.
- (historical, physics) luminiferous aether, medium in which electromagnetic waves were supposed to occur.
Alternative forms edit
- éter (Standard Malay)
Further reading edit
- “eter” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse etari, equivalent to ete + -er.
Noun edit
eter m (definite singular eteren, indefinite plural etere, definite plural eterne)
- an eater
Etymology 2 edit
From Latin aether, from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr).
Noun edit
eter m (definite singular eteren, indefinite plural etere, definite plural eterne)
- ether (chemistry)
- ether (historical, in physics and philosophy)
- the airwaves
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
eter
References edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Latin aether, from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr).
Noun edit
eter m (definite singular eteren, indefinite plural eterar, definite plural eterane)
- ether (chemistry)
- ether (historical, in physics and philosophy)
- the airwaves
References edit
- “eter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *enter (whence Welsh ythr), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁enter (“between”). Cognate with Latin inter (“between”) and Sanskrit अन्तर् (antár, “between, within, into”).
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
eter
- between, among
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 7d10
- Do·adbadar sund trá causa pro qua scripta est æpistola .i. irbága ro·bátar leosom eter desciplu et debe; óentu immurgu eter a magistru. Mógi sidi uili do Día; acht do·rigénsat in descipuil dechor etarru et déu diib: is hed on ɔsecha-som hic.
- Here, then is shown the reason for which the epistle was written, i.e. they had had contentions and disagreements between the disciples; unity, however, among their masters. They are all servants to God; but the disciples had made a distinction between them and (made) gods of them; that is what he corrects here.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 7d10
Inflection edit
Person | Normal | Emphatic |
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1st person sing. | etrom, etrum | |
2d person sing. | etrut | |
3d sing. masc./neut., dative | ||
3d sing. masc./neut., accusative | etir, itir | |
3d sing. fem., dative | ||
3d sing. fem., accusative | ||
1st person pl. | etron(n), etrunn | etrunni |
2d person pl. | etruib | |
3d person pl., dative | ||
3d person pl., accusative | etarru, etarro |
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, pages 273, 510–11
Old Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse eitr, from Proto-Germanic *aitrą.
Noun edit
ēter n
Declension edit
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Descendants edit
- Swedish: etter
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French éther, from Latin aethēr, from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
eter m inan
- ether (any compound with to hydrocarbon groups bonded to an oxygen atom)
- (informal) diethyl ether
- (colloquial) ether (atmosphere or space as a medium for broadcasting radio and television signals)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French éther, Latin aethēr.
Noun edit
eter m (plural eteri)
- (organic chemistry) ether (compound containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups)
- (archaic, physics) ether (substance once thought to fill all space)
Declension edit
Noun edit
eter n (plural eteruri)
- (figurative) air, sky, atmosphere
- (ancient philosophy and alchemy, uncountable) ether (classical physical element)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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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 |
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr); possibly via Latin or Old French.
Noun edit
eter c
- ether (a chemical)
- Sedan Morton (1846) lärt känna eterns bedöfvande verkan --Nordisk familjebok (1917)
- 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)
- ether (as an (imaginary) broadcast medium)
- Lasse arbetade på en lokalradiostation eftersom han gillade att sända sina tankar ut i etern
- Lasse worked at a local radio station because he liked to broadcast his thoughts out into the ether
Declension edit
Declension of eter | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | eter | etern | — | — |
Genitive | eters | eterns | — | — |
Derived terms edit
- eterisk
- etervåg
- etermedium (“radio and TV”)
References edit
- eter in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- eter in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- eter in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams edit
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish اتر (eter), from French éther, from Latin aethēr.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
eter (definite accusative eteri, plural eterler)
Declension edit
Inflection | ||
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Nominative | eter | |
Definite accusative | eteri | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | eter | eterler |
Definite accusative | eteri | eterleri |
Dative | etere | eterlere |
Locative | eterde | eterlerde |
Ablative | eterden | eterlerden |
Genitive | eterin | eterlerin |