zester

English
A zester

Etymology

zest +‎ -er

Noun

zester (plural zesters)

  1. A kitchen implement used to remove the zest of citrus fruit.

Hypernyms
  • (kitchen implement): bar tool, implement, kitchen implement

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French

Etymology

From zeste +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /zɛs.te/
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Verb

zester

  1. to zest

Conjugation
Conjugation of zester (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple zester
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple zestant
/zɛs.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle zesté
/zɛs.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present zeste
/zɛst/		 zestes
/zɛst/		 zeste
/zɛst/		 zestons
/zɛs.tɔ̃/		 zestez
/zɛs.te/		 zestent
/zɛst/
imperfect zestais
/zɛs.tɛ/		 zestais
/zɛs.tɛ/		 zestait
/zɛs.tɛ/		 zestions
/zɛs.tjɔ̃/		 zestiez
/zɛs.tje/		 zestaient
/zɛs.tɛ/
past historic2 zestai
/zɛs.te/		 zestas
/zɛs.ta/		 zesta
/zɛs.ta/		 zestâmes
/zɛs.tam/		 zestâtes
/zɛs.tat/		 zestèrent
/zɛs.tɛʁ/
future zesterai
/zɛs.tə.ʁe/		 zesteras
/zɛs.tə.ʁa/		 zestera
/zɛs.tə.ʁa/		 zesterons
/zɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/		 zesterez
/zɛs.tə.ʁe/		 zesteront
/zɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional zesterais
/zɛs.tə.ʁɛ/		 zesterais
/zɛs.tə.ʁɛ/		 zesterait
/zɛs.tə.ʁɛ/		 zesterions
/zɛs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 zesteriez
/zɛs.tə.ʁje/		 zesteraient
/zɛs.tə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present zeste
/zɛst/		 zestes
/zɛst/		 zeste
/zɛst/		 zestions
/zɛs.tjɔ̃/		 zestiez
/zɛs.tje/		 zestent
/zɛst/
imperfect2 zestasse
/zɛs.tas/		 zestasses
/zɛs.tas/		 zestât
/zɛs.ta/		 zestassions
/zɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/		 zestassiez
/zɛs.ta.sje/		 zestassent
/zɛs.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — zeste
/zɛst/		 — zestons
/zɛs.tɔ̃/		 zestez
/zɛs.te/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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