éther

See also: ether, Ether, and eþer

French

Alternative forms

æther (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin aethēr (“upper air, ether”), from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “air; ether”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /e.tɛʁ/
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Noun

éther m (plural éthers)

ether

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Czech: éter
→ Hungarian: éter
→ Ottoman Turkish: اتر‎ (eter)
- Turkish: eter
→ Romanian: eter
→ Slovak: éter

Further reading

“éther”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

hêtre

Portuguese

Noun

éther m (plural éthers or étheres)

Obsolete spelling of éter (used in Portugal until September 1911 and in Brazil until the 1940s).

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