Home › Words › E › ethylparabenethylparabenethylparaben means the ethyl ester of p-hydroxybenzoic acid, used as an antifungal preservative.EtymologyFrom ethyl + paraben.nounThe ethyl ester of p-hydroxybenzoic acid, used as an antifungal preservative.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).