ester
/ˈɛstə/US/ˈɛstɚ/
ester noun: 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.
Noun
ester (plural esters)
- 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.
- To produce a test material containing at least 75 percent omega-3 polyunsaturates, the menhaden triglycerides are transesterified to produce fatty acid ethyl esters. The esters are reacted with urea dissolved in hot ethanol and the solution is cooled overnight.1991, Malcolm B. Hale et al., “New Products and Markets for Menhaden, Brevoortia spp.”, in Marine Fisheries Review, volume 53, number 4, page 47
- The thiol-coenzyme-A ester formed by R-arylpropionic acid can bind to triglyceride to form a “hybrid” triglyceride: such hybrid triglycerides can cause alteration of fatty-acid metabolism and membrane function, and a lipophilic triglyceride–propionic-acid hybrid would be able to cross lipid...1991, W. F. Kean, C. J. L. Lock, H. E. Howard-Lock, “Chirality in antirheumatic drugs”, in The Lancet, volume 338, →DOI, page 1567
Proper noun capitalized: Ester
Ester
- A female given name from Hebrew, alternative form of Esther.
ester meaning in Tamil, Malay and Indonesian
ester in Tamil
- அசார், எசுத்தர், எஸ்ட்டர், அமிலமும் கலந்த கூட்டுப்பொருள், சாராயமும்
ester in Malay
- compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
- ester
ester in Indonesian
- compound with carbon-oxygen double bond joined via carbon to another oxygen atom
- ester
Examples of ester in a sentence
- Pinitol was determined to be a methyl ester of chiro-inositol and elucidated as 3-O-methyl1,2,4-cis-3,5,6-trans-hexahydroxycyclohexanol.
- As a result of further studies, ester triterpenoid saponosides with a bisdesmosidic structure were isolated from S.virgaurea.
- ABS materials are however susceptible to chemical attacks by chlorinated solvents, esters, ketines, acids and alkalis.
Forms of ester
| plural | esters |
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Origin of ester
Borrowed from German Ester, possibly a blend of Essig + Äther. See ether for more.
Words formed from ester
- acetylesterase
- aminoester
- carboxylesterase
- diester
- elastomultiester
- enamino ester
- esmolol
- esterase
- estergum
- esterification
- esterify
- esterize
- hemiester
- hydroxy ester
- iminoester
- interester
- isoester
- jojoba ester
- ketoester
- monoester
- nonester
- oligoester
- orthoester
- oxyester
- perester
- phosphite ester
- phosphoester
- polyesteramide
- polyphosphoester
- selenoester
- silicon ester
- thioester
- transesterification
- transesterify
- triester
Words that rhyme with ester
Questions about ester
- What does ester mean?
- Ester means 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.
- What is ester in Tamil?
- Ester in Tamil is அசார், எசுத்தர், எஸ்ட்டர். See Ester meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is ester?
- Ester can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce ester?
- Ester is pronounced /ˈɛstɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of ester?
- The plural of ester is esters.
Words near ester in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ester (page history and authors); Ester (page history and authors); ester (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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