eter

Etymology

root of eten 'to eat' + -er

Pronunciation

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Noun

eter m (plural eters, diminutive etertje n)

1. eater

Anagrams

• eert, reet, teer, tere, tree

Etymology 1

From Old Norse etari, equivalent to ete +‎ -er

Etymology 2

From Latin aether, from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr)

Etymology 3

References

• “eter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• NAOB

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.

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

Etymology

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

Noun

ēter n

1. poison, venom
2. pus

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

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)

Noun

eter n (plural eteruri)

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

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)