ester

Etymology
From, perhaps a contraction or abstraction of , from (from ) and. See for more.

Noun

 * 1)  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.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 酯
 * Hokkien: 酯
 * Mandarin:, 酯類,
 * Czech: ester
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: អេស្ទែ
 * Korean: 에스터, 에스테르
 * Malay:
 * Maori: hākawa, pāhare
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: сло́жный эфи́р
 * Spanish: éster
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: есте́р
 * Welsh: ester

Noun

 * 1) oysters

Noun

 * 1) Estonian

Etymology 2
From.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Etymology
.

Etymology 1
(given a spelling-pronunciation), from Classical (cf. the juridical Medieval Latin senses).

Verb

 * 1)  to appear
 * 2)  to be

Conjugation
Only used in the infinitive, present participle and past participle.

Etymology 2
From.

Etymology
,, from.

Etymology 1
From, from.

Adjective

 * 1) foreign, overseas

Etymology 2
, from.

Verb

 * 1) to

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) Easter Christian holiday

Noun

 * 1) Estonian

Etymology
From or, from. Forms in -ac- and -ui/-eü-/-i- originates from, (perfect *stuī), all are from. The indicative present forms bear similarities with endings of the suppletive verb and must have contained from, the origin of -ois in  and other forms, however, are unclear (see also Modern 🇨🇬).

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

Verb

 * 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 ".

Etymology
.

Declension
Usually in the plural.

Etymology
.

Etymology 1
.

Noun

 * 1)  an

Etymology
borrowed from.