cateter

See also: catéter

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• catéter (common misspelling and mispronunciation)
• catheter (obsolete)

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]

• (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/

• (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 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.

Further reading

• “cateter”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “cateter”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “cateter”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “cateter”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cathéter.

Noun

cateter n (plural catetere)

1. catheter

Declension

Declension of cateter

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) cateter	cateterul	(niște) catetere	cateterele
genitive/dative	(unui) cateter	cateterului	(unor) catetere	cateterelor
vocative	cateterule		cateterelor