| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | es·ter |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   s t r |
| NOUN: | Any of a class of organic compounds corresponding to the inorganic salts and formed from an organic acid and an alcohol. | | ETYMOLOGY: | German, short for Essigäther : Essig, vinegar (from Middle High German ezzich, from Old High German ezz h, from Latin ac tum; see ak- in Appendix I) + Äther, ether (from Latin aethr; see ether).
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