estérification
French, noun/ɛs.te.ʁi.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/
estérification is a French feminine noun meaning “esterification” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Réaction chimique qui produit un ester et de l'eau, à partir d'un alcool et d'un acide carboxylique”.
What does estérification mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineesterification
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Réaction chimique qui produit un ester et de l'eau, à partir d'un alcool et d'un acide carboxylique.
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 estérification
- estérifications plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estérification?
- /ɛs.te.ʁi.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ.ste.ʁi.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\
- [ɛ.ste.ʁi.fi.ka.sjɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to estérification
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estérification in French?
estérification appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).