эфир

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic ەفير
Cyrillic эфир
Latin efir

Etymology

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

Noun

эфир • (éfir)

  1. (physics) ether
  2. (organic chemistry) ether
  3. (broadcasting) air

Declension

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɪˈfʲir]
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Noun

эфи́р • (efír) m inan (genitive эфи́ра, nominative plural эфи́ры, genitive plural эфи́ров)

  1. ether (organic chemistry: a compound containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups)
  2. (historical, physics) luminiferous aether, aether
    Synonym: светоно́сный эфи́р (svetonósnyj efír)
  3. (alchemy) ether
  4. (broadcasting) air, broadcast
    в эфи́реv efíreon air
    прямо́й эфи́рprjamój efírlive broadcast (literally, “direct ether”)

Declension

Descendants

  • Kazakh: эфир (éfir)
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