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.
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ester (plural esters)
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ester f (singulative estren)
ester m inan
ester c (singular definite esteren, plural indefinite estere)
ester c (singular definite esteren, plural indefinite estere)
ester m (plural esters, diminutive estertje n)
ester (genitive estri, partitive estrit)
Declension of ester (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | ester | estrid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | estri | ||
genitive | estrite | ||
partitive | estrit | estreid | |
illative | estrisse | estritesse estreisse | |
inessive | estris | estrites estreis | |
elative | estrist | estritest estreist | |
allative | estrile | estritele estreile | |
adessive | estril | estritel estreil | |
ablative | estrilt | estritelt estreilt | |
translative | estriks | estriteks estreiks | |
terminative | estrini | estriteni | |
essive | estrina | estritena | |
abessive | estrita | estriteta | |
comitative | estriga | estritega |
Inherited from Old French ester (given a spelling-pronunciation), from Classical Latin stāre (cf. the juridical Medieval Latin senses).
ester
Only used in the infinitive, present participle estant and past participle esté.
From German Essig-Äther (“acetic acid ethyl ester”).
ester m (plural esters)
Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch ester, from German Ester.
estêr (plural ester-ester)
From Latin exterus, from exter.
ester m (feminine singular estera, masculine plural esters, feminine plural esteres)
Inherited from Early Medieval Latin essere, from Latin esse.
ester
infinitive | ester | |||||
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auxiliary verb | — | gerund | sian | |||
past participle | sté | |||||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | ie | tu | el / ela | nos | vos | ei / eles |
present | son | ies | é | son | seis | é |
imperfect | fove | foves | fova | fovan | fovais | fova |
future | saré | saras | sarà | saron | sareis | sarà |
subjunctive | che ie | che tu | che el / ela | che nos | che vos | che ei / eles |
present | sie | sies | sie | son | seis | sie |
imperfect | fosse | fosses | fossa | fossan | fossais | fossa |
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – |
— | sies | — | — | sede | — |
From Old English ēaster.
ester (plural esters)
“ēster(n, n., MED14534.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
ester m (definite singular esteren, indefinite plural estere, definite plural esterne)
From Late Latin or Vulgar Latin estō, from Latin stō. Forms in -ac- and -ui/-eü-/-i- originates from Vulgar Latin *statiō, *stūtum (perfect *stuī), all are from statum. The indicative present forms bear similarities with endings of the suppletive verb aler and must have contained from vois, the origin of -ois in estois and other forms, however, are unclear (see also Modern French vais).
Compare with estre, whose later merged and resulting some forms reflecting the forms of ester.
ester
According to the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub, "t is not always possible to make a valid distinction between and ester and estre".[1]
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.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | ester | avoir esté, esteü | |||||
gerund | en estant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | estant | ||||||
past participle | esté, esteü | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | estois | estas, estais | esta, estait | estons | estez | estont |
imperfect | estoie, esteie, estoe, esteve | estoies, esteies, estoes, esteves | estoit, esteit, estot, esteve | estiiens, estiens | estiiez, estiez | estoient, esteient, estoent, estevent | |
preterite | estui, estai | esteüs, estas | estut, esta | esteümes, estames | esteüstes, estastes | esturent, esterent | |
future | esterai | esteras | estera | esterons | esteroiz, estereiz, esterez | esteront | |
conditional | esteroie, estereie | esteroies, estereies | esteroit, estereit | esteriiens, esteriens | esteriiez, esteriez | esteroient, estereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | estoise, estace | estoises, estaces | estoise, estoist, estace | estons | estez | estoisent, estacent |
imperfect | esteüsse, estasse | esteüsses, estasses | esteüst, estast | esteüssons, esteüssiens, estissons, estissiens | esteüssoiz, esteüssez, esteüssiez, estissoiz, estissez, estissiez | esteüssent, estassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | esta | — | estons | estez | — |
(mainly blended into descendants of estre)
ester m inan
Usually in the plural.
ester m (plural esteri)
singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | ester | esterul | esteri | esterii | |
genitive-dative | ester | esterului | esteri | esterilor | |
vocative | esterule | esterilor |
ester c
nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | ester | esters |
definite | estern | esterns | |
plural | indefinite | estrar | estrars |
definite | estrarna | estrarnas |
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
ester
Internationalism borrowed from English ester.
ester m (plural esterau)