eterisk

Swedish

Etymology

eter +‎ -isk

Adjective

eterisk (not comparable)

  1. volatile (easily changing into a gas)
    Synonym: flyktig
    eterisk olja
    essential oil ("volatile oil")
  2. ethereal (light and delicate)
    eterisk sång
    ethereal singing
  3. etheric (relating to the ether)

Declension

Inflection of eterisk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular eterisk
neuter singular eteriskt
plural eteriska
masculine plural2 eteriske
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 eteriske
all eteriska

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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