esterification
noun
esterification is a noun meaning “Any reaction (typically between an acid and an alcohol) that results in the production of an ester” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled E-S-T-E-R-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N, and it appears about once in every 16 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of esterification is esterifications.
What does esterification mean?
noun
- 1
Any reaction (typically between an acid and an alcohol) that results in the production of an ester
Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich Vinylcyclopropane 19 is readily converted to diester 22 by oxidative cleavage followed by esterification.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of esterification
- esterifications plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is esterification?
Esterification appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 119,826th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Esterification in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense organic reaction:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | estérification |
| Spanish | esterificación |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.