cateter

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Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • (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

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cateter m (plural cateteres)

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

Usage notes

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The proscribed form and pronunciation is cateter, based on its etymology. However, the word is suffering varying stress, both in Brazil and Portugal, leading to proscribed form catéter. It is recommended that, while the transition is not finished, that the word is written without an accent.[1]

References

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Further reading

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French cathéter.

Noun

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cateter n (plural catetere)

  1. catheter

Declension

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