different between estre vs ester

English

Etymology

From Old French estre (“state, plan”).

Noun

estre (plural estres)

1. (archaic or obsolete) The indoor layout or plan of a castle.
   • 1954, C. S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy, Chapter 15, page 239,

     "And tomorrow, Cor," he added, "shalt come over all the castle with me and see the estres and mark all its strength and weakness: for it will be thine to guard when I'm gone."

See also

• estate

References

• estre in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

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

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Latin sum (infinitive: esse). Compare with estar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s.tr?/

Verb

estre

1. to be

Conjugation

Descendants

• Franco-Provençal: étre

See also

• estar

French

Alternative forms

• e?tre

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?/

Verb

estre

1. Archaic spelling of être.

Conjugation

Anagrams

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

Hungarian

Etymology

est +? -re

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???tr?]
• Hyphenation: est?re

Noun

estre

1. sublative singular of est

Middle French

Etymology

From two sources:

• Old French estre, from Latin sum (“to be”)
• Old French ester, from Latin st? (“to stand”)

Verb

estre

1. to be

Conjugation

• Like Modern French être, highly irregular.
• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Noun

estre m (plural estres)

1. being (creature, entity)

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:estre.

Descendants

• French: être
• ? Middle English: estre (“circumstance”)

Old French

Etymology

From Latin sum (infinitive: esse). Compare with ester.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s.tr?/

Verb

estre

1. to be

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:estre.

Descendants

• Middle French: estre
  • French: être
• Bourguignon: étre
• Franc-Comtois: étre
• Lorrain: être, estre, yestre
• Norman: ête
• Picard: ète
• Walloon: esse

See also

• ester

English

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): /??st?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??st?/
• Rhymes: -?st?(?)
• 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, 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

1. ester

Further reading

• ester in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• ester in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 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): /??s.t?r/
• Hyphenation: es?ter
• Rhymes: -?st?r

Noun

ester m (plural esters, diminutive estertje n)

1. (organic chemistry) ester

Estonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ester (genitive estri, partitive estrit)

1. (organic chemistry) ester

Declension

French

Etymology 1

From Old French ester, from Vulgar Latin *est?, from Classical Latin st? (cf. also the juridical Medieval Latin senses), from Proto-Indo-European *steh?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s.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): /?s.t??/

Noun

ester m (plural esters)

1. (organic chemistry) ester

Anagrams

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

Further reading

• “ester” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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

From Latin sum.

Alternative forms

• esse
• vester
• esser

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 ?aster.

Noun

ester (plural esters)

1. Easter (Christian holiday)

References

“?ster(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 est?, from Latin st?. Forms in -ois-, -ac-, and -ui/-eü-/-i-/-ont originates from Vulgar Latin *stite?, *stati?, and *ste? (perfect *stu?), all come from Latin stit?, statum, and st?. The second- and third-singular indicative present forms indicates that the original stress are always in the last syllable, even being affected by addition of epenthetic *i- before initial consonant clusters involving -s- (stresses are in bold, st?s ? *ist?s ? estas, estais, not *ist?s ? *eistes). Compare with estre, whose later merged and resulting some forms reflecting the forms of ester.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /es?te?r/

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

• Middle French: ester
  • French: être (in part)

References

Polish

Noun

ester m inan

1. ester (organic compound)

Declension

Romanian

Etymology

From French ester.

Noun

ester m (plural esteri)

1. ester

Declension

Swedish

Noun

ester c

1. an ester
2. indefinite plural of est

Declension

Anagrams

• eters, reste, teers, teser