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5-letter words (9 found)

ESTER,REEST,RESET,STEER,STERE,TEERS,TERES,TERSE,TREES,

4-letter words (12 found)

ERES,ERST,REES,REST,RETE,RETS,SEER,SERE,TEER,TEES,TREE,TRES,

3-letter words (11 found)

ERE,ERS,EST,REE,RES,RET,SEE,SER,SET,TEE,TES,

2-letter words (7 found)

EE,ER,ES,ET,RE,ST,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 40 words from ester according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of ester

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Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word ester. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in ester.

Definitions and meaning of ester

ester

Etymology

From German Ester, perhaps a contraction or abstraction of Essigäther (ethyl acetate), from Essig (vinegar) (from Latin acetum) and Äther (ether). See ether for more.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛstɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛstə/
  • Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)
  • Homophone: Esther

Noun

ester (plural esters)

  1. (organic chemistry) A compound most often formed by the condensation of an alcohol and an acid, with elimination of water, which contains the functional group carbon-oxygen double bond (i.e., carbonyl) joined via carbon to another oxygen atom.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • Reset, Steer, Trees, estre, re-est., reest, reset, retes, seter, steer, stere, teers, teres, terse, trees

Cornish

Noun

ester f (singulative estren)

  1. oysters

Czech

Noun

ester m inan

  1. ester

Declension

Further reading

  • ester in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • ester in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology 1

Noun

ester c (singular definite esteren, plural indefinite estere)

  1. Estonian
Declension
Synonyms
  • estlænder

Etymology 2

From German Ester.

Noun

ester c (singular definite esteren, plural indefinite estere)

  1. ester
Declension
Derived terms
  • polyester

References

  • “ester” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ester.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛs.tər/
  • Hyphenation: es‧ter
  • Rhymes: -ɛstər

Noun

ester m (plural esters, diminutive estertje n)

  1. (organic chemistry) ester

Descendants

  • Indonesian: ester

Estonian

Etymology

German Ester.

Noun

ester (genitive estri, partitive estrit)

  1. (organic chemistry) ester

Declension

Further reading

  • ester in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

French

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French ester (given a spelling-pronunciation), from Classical Latin stāre (cf. the juridical Medieval Latin senses).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛs.te/

Verb

ester

  1. (law, rare) to appear
  2. (archaic) to be
Conjugation

Only used in the infinitive, present participle estant and past participle esté.

Related terms
  • être

Etymology 2

From German Essig-Äther (acetic acid ethyl ester).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛs.tɛʁ/

Noun

ester m (plural esters)

  1. (organic chemistry) ester

Further reading

  • “ester”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • estre, êtres, reste, resté, stère, stéré, terse, tersé

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch ester, from German Ester.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛs.tər/
  • Rhymes: -tər
  • Hyphenation: es‧têr

Noun

estêr (plural ester-ester, first-person possessive esterku, second-person possessive estermu, third-person possessive esternya)

  1. (organic chemistry) ester

Further reading

  • “ester” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Ladin

Etymology 1

From Latin exterus, from exter.

Adjective

ester m (feminine singular estera, masculine plural esters, feminine plural esteres)

  1. foreign, overseas

Etymology 2

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin essere, from Latin esse.

Alternative forms

  • esse, esser, vester

Verb

ester

  1. to be
Conjugation
  • Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • aster, astern, eastran, estern, estre, estren, yestre

Etymology

From Old English ēaster.

Noun

ester (plural esters)

  1. Easter (Christian holiday)

References

“ēster(n, n., MED14534.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

ester m (definite singular esteren, indefinite plural estere, definite plural esterne)

  1. Estonian

Synonyms

  • estlending, estlender

Related terms

  • Estland
  • estlandsk, estisk

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin or Vulgar Latin estō, from Latin stō. Forms in -ac- and -ui/-eü-/-i- originates from Vulgar Latin *statiō, *stūtum (perfect *stuī), all are from statum. The indicative present forms bear similarities with endings of the suppletive verb aler and must have contained from vois, the origin of -ois in estois and other forms, however, are unclear (see also Modern French vais).

Compare with estre, whose later merged and resulting some forms reflecting the forms of ester.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (early) /esˈteːɾ/
  • IPA(key): (late) /eˈteɾ/

Verb

ester

  1. to be
  2. to stay; to remain

Usage notes

According to the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub, "[i]t is not always possible to make a valid distinction between and ester and estre".

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb is highly irregular. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

(mainly blended into descendants of estre)

  • Middle French: ester

References

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ester.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛs.tɛr/
  • Rhymes: -ɛstɛr
  • Syllabification: es‧ter

Noun

ester m inan

  1. (organic chemistry) ester

Declension

Usually in the plural.

Related terms

Further reading

  • ester in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ester in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ester.

Noun

ester m (plural esteri)

  1. ester

Declension

Swedish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Ester.

Noun

ester c

  1. (organic chemistry) an ester
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ester

  1. indefinite plural of est

Anagrams

  • eters, reste, teers, teser

Welsh

Etymology

Internationalism borrowed from English ester.

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɛsdɛr/, [ˈɛstɛr]

Noun

ester m (plural esterau)

  1. (organic chemistry) ester

Derived terms

  • esteru (to esterify)
  • esteriad (esterification)

Further reading

  • Delyth Prys, J.P.M. Jones, Owain Davies, Gruffudd Prys (2006) Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology[3] (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN

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