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 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.

Further reading

• “cateter”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “cateter”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “cateter”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “cateter”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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