éster
Spanish, noun/ˈesteɾ/
éster is spelled É-S-T-E-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 103,935th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Éster is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “ester” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Compuesto, formado generalmente por la condensación de un alcohol y un ácido, con eliminación de agua, que…”.
What does éster mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineester
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Compuesto, formado generalmente por la condensación de un alcohol y un ácido, con eliminación de agua, que contiene el grupo funcional de doble enlace carbono-oxígeno (es decir, carbonilo) unido a través del carbono a otro átomo de oxígeno.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of éster
- ésteres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce éster?
- /ˈesteɾ/
- [ˈes.t̪eɾ]
- [ˈest̪eɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to éster
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is éster in Spanish?
éster appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).