эфир

This is the 3790th most frequent Russian word.


эфир

"Эфир" means "air" (as in a broadcast) or "ether."


Here, 'эфир' refers to the 'airwaves' or broadcasting time, commonly used in radio and television.

Телевизионная программа будет в эфире в восемь вечера.

The TV program will be on air at eight in the evening.


In this sentence, 'эфир' refers to 'ether,' a classical element or substance.

Таинство эфира окутано легендами в алхимической литературе.

The mystery of ether is shrouded in legends in alchemical literature.


Here, 'эфир' poetically describes the rarified and light feeling associated with air or space.

На свежем воздухе я чувствую себя, как в эфире.

In the fresh air, I feel as if I were in ether.