cateter

See also: catéter

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin catheter, from Ancient Greek καθετήρ (kathetḗr).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.teˈtɛʁ/ [ka.teˈtɛh], (varying stress) /kaˈtɛ.teʁ/ [kaˈtɛ.teh]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ka.teˈtɛɾ/, (varying stress) /kaˈtɛ.teɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ka.teˈtɛʁ/ [ka.teˈtɛχ], (varying stress) /kaˈtɛ.teʁ/ [kaˈtɛ.teχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.teˈtɛɻ/, (varying stress) /kaˈtɛ.teɻ/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.tɛˈtɛɾ/, (varying stress) /kɐˈtɛ.tɛɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.tɛˈtɛ.ɾi/, (varying stress) /kɐˈtɛ.tɛɾ/

  • Hyphenation: ca‧te‧ter

Noun

cateter m (plural cateteres)

  1. (medicine) catheter (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Usage notes

The prescribed form and pronunciation is cateter, based on its etymology. However, the word is pronounced with varying stress, both in Brazil and Portugal, leading to the proscribed spelling catéter.[1]

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ 'Acerca da palavra cateter'

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cathéter.

Noun

cateter n (plural catetere)

  1. catheter

Declension

Declension of cateter
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative cateter cateterul catetere cateterele
genitive-dative cateter cateterului catetere cateterelor
vocative cateterule cateterelor
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