The plane seemed to just disappear into the ether.
Source: tatoeba (3116624)
Ether
/ˈiː.θə/
Synonyms for "ether" (110 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
11 entriesatmospherecosmoselementfunctional groupinhalation anaestheticinhalation anestheticinhalation general anaestheticinhalation general anestheticmediumorganic compoundsubstance
More specific
6 entriesCollocations
6 entriesalkyl etherdiethyl etherether bondether groupether solventmethyl ether
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
5 entriesTranslations
47 translations across 41 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- αἰθήρ noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Arabic
1 entries- أَثِير noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Armenian
1 entries- եթեր noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Belarusian
1 entries- эфі́р noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Bulgarian
2 entries- ете́р noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
- ефи́р noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 以太 noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Czech
1 entries- éter noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Danish
1 entries- æter noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Dutch
1 entries- ether noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Esperanto
1 entries- etero noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Finnish
1 entries- eetteri noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
French
1 entries- éther noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Galician
1 entries- éter noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Georgian
1 entries- ეთერი noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
German
2 entries- Ether noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
- Äther noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Greek
1 entries- αιθέρας noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Hindi
2 entries- आकाश noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
- ईथर noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Hungarian
1 entries- éter noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Icelandic
1 entries- ljósvaki noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Italian
1 entries- etere noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Japanese
1 entries- エーテル noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Korean
1 entries- 아이테르 noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Macedonian
1 entries- етер noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- eter noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- eter noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Persian
1 entries- اثیر noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Polish
1 entries- eter noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Portuguese
1 entries- éter noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Romanian
1 entries- eter noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Russian
1 entries- эфи́р noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Sanskrit
1 entries- आकाश noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- adhar fìnealta noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- éter noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
- е́тер noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Slovak
1 entries- éter noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Slovene
1 entries- eter noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Spanish
1 entries- éter noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Swedish
1 entries- eter noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Turkish
2 entries- esîr noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
- eter noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ете́р noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
- ефі́р noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Vietnamese
1 entries- ê-te noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Welsh
1 entries- ether noun (substance supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere)
Sample sentences
32 total sentences available.
"While running rivers hasten to the main, / while yon pure ether feeds the stars with light, / while shadows round the hill-slopes wax and wane, / thy fame, wher'er I go, thy praises shall remain."
Source: tatoeba (6797852)
Finally it was on September 30th 1846 that the chemical ether was used for the first time as a medical anesthetic.
Source: tatoeba (11091642)
On Wings the Birds through Æther glide, / And Fiſhes cut with Fins the Tide.
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 32 available sentences.