estérase
French, noun/ɛs.te.ʁaz/
estérase is a French feminine noun meaning “esterase” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enzyme hydrolase qui catalyse l'hydrolyse des liaisons ester en un alcool ou phénol et un acide”.
What does estérase mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineesterase
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Enzyme hydrolase qui catalyse l'hydrolyse des liaisons ester en un alcool ou phénol et un acide.
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 estérase
- estérases plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estérase?
- /ɛs.te.ʁaz/
- \ɛs.te.ʁaz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is estérase in French?
estérase appears about once in every 60 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).