éter
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Hungarian
Pronunciation
Noun
éter (usually uncountable, plural éterek)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | éter | éterek |
| accusative | étert | étereket |
| dative | éternek | étereknek |
| instrumental | éterrel | éterekkel |
| causal-final | éterért | éterekért |
| translative | éterré | éterekké |
| terminative | éterig | éterekig |
| essive-formal | éterként | éterekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | éterben | éterekben |
| superessive | éteren | étereken |
| adessive | éternél | étereknél |
| illative | éterbe | éterekbe |
| sublative | éterre | éterekre |
| allative | éterhez | éterekhez |
| elative | éterből | éterekből |
| delative | éterről | éterekről |
| ablative | étertől | éterektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
éteré | étereké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
éteréi | éterekéi |
| Possessive forms of éter | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | éterem | étereim |
| 2nd person sing. | étered | étereid |
| 3rd person sing. | étere | éterei |
| 1st person plural | éterünk | étereink |
| 2nd person plural | éteretek | étereitek |
| 3rd person plural | éterük | étereik |
Derived terms
Further reading
- éter in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- éter in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aethēr (“the upper pure, bright air”), from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “upper air”), from αἴθω (aíthō, “to burn, shine”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: é‧ter
Noun
éter m (plural éteres or (obsolete) éters)
- (organic chemistry) ether (class and specifically diethyl ether)
- Synonyms: éter etílico, éter sulfúrico
- (alchemy) aether (classical physical element)
- Synonym: quinto elemento
- (physics, obsolete) aether (substance once thought to fill all space)
- (poetic) aether (the upper sky)
Coordinate terms
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
éter m (plural éteres)
Related terms
Further reading
- “éter”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28