ester

See also: Ester, éster, and Estèr

English

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 joined via carbon to another oxygen atom.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Cornish

Noun

ester f (singulative estren)

  1. oysters

Danish

Etymology 1

Noun

ester c (singular definite esteren, plural indefinite estere)

  1. Estonian
Declension
Synonyms
  • estlænder

Etymology 2

From German Ester

Noun

ester c (singular definite esteren, plural indefinite estere)

  1. ester
Declension
Derived terms

References

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ester.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛs.tər/
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Noun

ester m (plural esters, diminutive estertje n)

  1. (organic chemistry) ester

Estonian

Noun

ester (genitive estri, partitive estrit)

  1. (organic chemistry) ester

Declension

French

Etymology 1

From Old French ester, from Vulgar Latin *estō, from Classical Latin stō (cf. also the juridical Medieval Latin senses), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛs.te/

Verb

ester

  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

  • IPA(key): /ɛs.tɛʁ/

Noun

ester m (plural esters)

  1. (organic chemistry) ester

Anagrams

Further reading

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

From Vulgar Latin *essere, from Latin esse, present active infinitive of sum.

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)
infinitive ester
auxiliary verb — gerund sian
past participle sté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie tu el / ela nos vos ei / eles
present son ies é son seis é
imperfect fove foves fova fovan fovais fova
future saré saras sarà saron sareis sarà
subjunctive che ie che tu che el / ela che nos che vos che ei / eles
present sie sies sie son seis sie
imperfect fosse fosses fossa fossan fossais fossa
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— sies — — sede —

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.
    • c. 1300, Robert of Gloucester, William Aldis Wright, editor, 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 ·
    • a. 1402, John Trevisa, transl., “De regione lodœœ”, in Joseph Rawson Lumby, editor, 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.

References

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

  1. Estonian

Synonyms

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin or Vulgar Latin estō, from Latin stō. Compare with estre.

Verb

ester

  1. to be
  2. to stay; to remain

Usage notes

According to the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub, "[i]t is not always possible to make a valid distinction between and ester and estre"[1].

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb is highly irregular. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of ester (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive ester avoir esté, esteü
gerund en estant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle estant
past participle esté, esteü
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present estois estas, estais esta, estait estons estez estont
imperfect estoie, esteie, estoe, esteve estoies, esteies, estoes, esteves estoit, esteit, estot, esteve estiiens, estiens estiiez, estiez estoient, esteient, estoent, estevent
preterite estui, estai esteüs, estas estut, esta esteümes, estames esteüstes, estastes esturent, esterent
future esterai esteras estera esterons esteroiz, estereiz, esterez esteront
conditional esteroie, estereie esteroies, estereies esteroit, estereit esteriiens, esteriens esteriiez, esteriez esteroient, estereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present estoise, estace estoises, estaces estoise, estoist, estace estons estez estoisent, estacent
imperfect esteüsse, estasse esteüsses, estasses esteüst, estast esteüssons, esteüssiens, estissons, estissiens esteüssoiz, esteüssez, esteüssiez, estissoiz, estissez, estissiez esteüssent, estassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— esta — estons estez —

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ ester on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub. Retrieved August 29 2016

Polish

Noun

ester m inan

  1. ester (organic compound)

Declension

Swedish

Noun

ester c

  1. an ester
  2. indefinite plural of est

Declension

Declension of ester 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ester estern estrar estrarna
Genitive esters esterns estrars estrarnas
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