Ester

Noun

 * 1)  A compound most often formed by the condensation of an alcohol and an acid, with elimination of water.  It contains the functional group carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom.

Derived terms

 * esterification
 * esterify
 * jojoba ester
 * silicon ester

Thesaurus
animal oil, cerate, drying oil, essential oil, fat, fatty oil, fixed oil, glycerin, glycerin jelly, glycerogel, glycerogelatin, glycerol, glycerole, grease, hydrogenated fat, lipid, margarin, mineral oil, oil, olein, oleum, palmitin, polyunsaturated fat, sebum, stearin, tallow, triolein, tripalmitin, tristearin, unsaturated fat, vegetable oil, volatile oil

Etymology
From Essig-Äther "acetic acid ethyl ester".

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 酯
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: εστέρας


 * Hungarian: észter
 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Spanish: éster
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: ester

Anagrams

 * estre, reset, steer, stere, terse, trees

Noun

 * 1)  ester

Etymology 1
ester:, *undefined:, from Classical  sto:

Verb

 * 1)  to appear

Conjugation
This verb does not conjugate. It appears only in the infinitive.

Etymology 2
From Essig-Äther "acetic acid ethyl ester".

Noun

 * 1)  ester

Anagrams

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

Noun

 * 1) Estonian

Etymology
esto:, from sto: (infinitive: stare:). Compare with estre:.

Verb

 * 1) to be

Descendants

 * French: être

Noun

 * 1) ester (organic compound)

Noun

 * 1) an ester