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See also: Ester, éster, and Estèr

English

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Etymology

From German Ester, perhaps a contraction or abstraction of Essigäther (“ethyl acetate”), from Essig (“vinegar”) (from Latin acetum) and Äther (“ether”). See ether for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

ester (plural esters)

  1. (organic chemistry) A compound most often formed by the condensation of an alcohol and an acid, with elimination of water, which contains the functional group carbon-oxygen double bond (i.e., carbonyl) joined via carbon to another oxygen atom.
    • 1991, Malcolm B. Hale et al., “New Products and Markets for Menhaden, Brevoortia spp.”, in Marine Fisheries Review, volume 53, number 4, page 47:
      To produce a test material containing at least 75 percent omega-3 polyunsaturates, the menhaden triglycerides are transesterified to produce fatty acid ethyl esters. The esters are reacted with urea dissolved in hot ethanol and the solution is cooled overnight.
    • 1991, W. F. Kean, C. J. L. Lock, H. E. Howard-Lock, “Chirality in antirheumatic drugs”, in The Lancet, volume 338, →DOI, page 1567:
      The thiol-coenzyme-A ester formed by R-arylpropionic acid can bind to triglyceride to form a “hybrid” triglyceride: such hybrid triglycerides can cause alteration of fatty-acid metabolism and membrane function, and a lipophilic triglyceride–propionic-acid hybrid would be able to cross lipid membranes such as the blood–brain barrier.
    • 1996, Steven Ashley, “Composite car structures pass the crash test”, in Mechanical Engineering‎, volume 118, number 12, page 60:
      The effort’s primary material systems are vinyl esters and polyurethanes, reinforced with inexpensive chopped-glass rovings. Automated glass-fiber preforming processes and high-rate molding procedures are being studied in an effort to reduce cycle times and production costs substantially.

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Cornish

Etymology

Borrowed from English oyster. Compare Welsh wystrys.

Noun

ester f (collective, singulative estren)

  1. oysters

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

ester m inan

  1. ester

Declension

Declension of ester (hard masculine inanimate)
More information singular, plural ...

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Danish

Etymology 1

Noun

ester c (singular definite esteren, plural indefinite estere)

  1. Estonian
Declension
More information common gender, singular ...
Synonyms
  • estlænder

Etymology 2

From German Ester.

Noun

ester c (singular definite esteren, plural indefinite estere)

  1. ester
Declension
More information common gender, singular ...
Derived terms

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Dutch

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Ester.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛs.tər/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: es‧ter
  • Rhymes: -ɛstər

Noun

ester m (plural esters, diminutive estertje n)

  1. (organic chemistry) ester

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: ester

Estonian

Etymology

German Ester.

Noun

ester (genitive estri, partitive estrit)

  1. (organic chemistry) ester

Declension

More information Declension of (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation), singular ...

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French

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French ester (given a spelling-pronunciation), from Classical Latin stāre (cf. the juridical Medieval Latin senses).

Pronunciation

Verb

ester (defective)

  1. (law, rare) to appear
  2. (archaic) to be
Conjugation

Only used in the infinitive, present participle estant and past participle esté.

Etymology 2

From German Essig-Äther (“acetic acid ethyl ester”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ester m (plural esters)

  1. (organic chemistry) ester

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Indonesian

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Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch ester, from German Ester.

Pronunciation

Noun

estêr (plural ester-ester)

  1. (organic chemistry) ester

Derived terms

  • ester asam
  • ester asetoasetat
  • ester fosfat
  • ester retinil
  • ester sukrosa
  • ester sulfonat

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Ladin

Etymology 1

From Latin exterus, from exter.

Adjective

ester m (feminine singular estera, masculine plural esters, feminine plural esteres)

  1. foreign, overseas

Etymology 2

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin essere, from Latin esse.

Alternative forms

Verb

ester

  1. to be
Conjugation
  • Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of ester (highly irregular, suppletive)
More information infinitive, auxiliary verb ...

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English ēaster.

Noun

ester (plural esters)

  1. Easter (Christian holiday)
    • c. 1280, “Vita sancti Brendani, Abbatis de Hybernia”, in Carl Horstmann, editor, The Early South English Legendary or Lives of Saints‎, London: N. Trübner & Co., published 1887, page 224:
      To a stede ȝe schulle hunne wende : þurf oure louerdes grace, / Þat is foweles parays : a wel ioyful place : / Þer ȝe schulle þis ester beo : & þis wit-sonedai also.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • c. 1300, Robert of Gloucester, edited by William Aldis Wright, The Metrical Chronicle of Robert of Gloucester, London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, published 1887, page 556:
      Þre siþe he ber croune aȝer · to midewinter at gloucestre · / To witesonetid at westmunstre · to ester at wincestre ·
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • a. 1402, “De regione lodœœ”, in John Trevisa, transl., edited by Joseph Rawson Lumby, Polychronicon, page 111:
      Mysbyleued men mysdede neuere þat chirche ; and þat is, as me troweþ, for euery ȝere an Ester eue comeþ fire from heuene, and tendeþ and liȝteþ þe lamps þerynne ; but whan þat miracle bygan first, hit is vncertayne and vnknowe.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

“ēster(n, n., MED14534.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

ester m (definite singular esteren, indefinite plural estere, definite plural esterne)

  1. Estonian

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Welsh

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