name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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General-American:/ˈɛstɚ/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈɛstə/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -ɛstə(ɹ)
homophone: Esther
homophone: str
CMU ARPABET:EH1 S T ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
A female given name from Hebrew, alternative form of Esther.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
естер
(ester)
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
Catalan:
èster
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
Chinese Cantonese:
酯
(zi2)
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
Chinese:
酯
(chí)
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
Chinese Mandarin:
酯
(zhǐ)
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
Chinese Mandarin:
酯類 /酯类
(zhǐlèi)
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
Chinese Mandarin:
𨤎
(yán)
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
Czech:
ester
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
Dutch:
ester
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
Esperanto:
estero
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
Estonian:
ester
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
Finnish:
esteri
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
French:
ester
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
German:
Ester
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
Greek:
εστέρας
(estéras)
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
Hebrew:
אֶסְטֶר
(ester)
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
Hungarian:
észter
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
Indonesian:
ester
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
Italian:
estere
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
Japanese:
エステル
(esuteru)
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
Khmer:
អេស្ទែ
(ʼeestɛɛ)
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
Korean:
에스터
(eseuteo)
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
Korean:
에스테르
(eseutereu)
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
Malay:
ester
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
Māori:
hākawa
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
Māori:
pāhare
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
Polish:
ester
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
Portuguese:
éster
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
Romanian:
ester
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
Russian:
сло́жный эфи́р
(slóžnyj efír)
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
Spanish:
éster
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
Swedish:
ester
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
Turkish:
ester
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
Ukrainian:
есте́р
(estér)
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
Welsh:
ester
— compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
