ester
French, noun/ɛs.te/
ester is spelled E-S-T-E-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 35,423rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ester is a French masculine noun meaning “ester” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Molécule obtenue par la réaction chimique entre un alcool et un oxoacide”.
What does ester mean in English?
verb
- 1
rareto appear
- 2
archaicto be
noun
- 1
masculineester
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Molécule obtenue par la réaction chimique entre un alcool et un oxoacide.
verb: 1. Comparaître devant un tribunal ; poursuivre en justice.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ester
- esters plural
- avoir esté infinitive past
- en estant gerund present
- en ayant esté gerund past
- estant participle present
- esté participle past
- j’este indicative present
- tu estes indicative present
- il/elle/on este indicative present
- nous estons indicative present
- vous estez indicative present
- ils/elles estent indicative present
- j’ai esté indicative past multiword-construction
- tu as esté indicative past multiword-construction
- il/elle/on a esté indicative past multiword-construction
- nous avons esté indicative past multiword-construction
- vous avez esté indicative past multiword-construction
- ils/elles ont esté indicative past multiword-construction
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ester?
- /ɛs.te/
- /ɛs.tɛʁ/
- \ɛs.tɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ester
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ester in French?
ester appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).