zester
French, verb/zɛs.te/
zester is spelled Z-E-S-T-E-R (6 letters). Zester is a French verb meaning “to zest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Prélever le zeste de”.
What does zester mean in English?
verb
- 1
to zest
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Prélever le zeste de.
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 zester
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- zestant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- zesté participle past
- zeste first-person indicative present
- zestes indicative present second-person
- zestons first-person indicative plural
- zestez indicative plural present
- zestent indicative plural present
- zestais first-person imperfect indicative
- zestait imperfect indicative singular
- zestions first-person imperfect indicative
- zestiez imperfect indicative plural
- zestaient imperfect indicative plural
- zestai first-person historic indicative
- zestas historic indicative past
- zesta historic indicative past
- zestâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zester?
- /zɛs.te/
- \zɛs.te\
- [zɛs.te]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.