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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr, upper air).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [eˈfʲir]
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Noun edit

ефі́р (efírm inan (genitive ефі́ру, nominative plural ефі́ри, genitive plural ефі́рів, relational adjective ефі́рний)

  1. ether (organic chemistry: a compound containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups)
  2. (uncountable, literary or poetic) ether (The substance formerly supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere; by extension the sky, the heavens; the void, nothingness).
  3. (historical, physics) luminiferous aether, aether
  4. (alchemy) ether
  5. (broadcasting) air, ether
    в ефі́ріv efírion air
    прями́й ефі́рprjamýj efírlive broadcast (literally, “direct ether”)

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