estate

English Online Dictionary. What means estate‎? What does estate mean?

English

Etymology

From Middle English estat, from Anglo-Norman estat and Old French estat (French: état), from Latin status. Doublet of state and status.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: ĭ-stāt, IPA^(key): /ɪˈsteɪt/
  • Rhymes: -eɪt

Noun

estate (plural estates)

1. The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person. [from 19th c.]
2. (now rare, archaic) state; condition. [from 13th c.]
3. (archaic) Status, rank. [from 13th c.]
4. (archaic) The condition of one's fortunes; prosperity, possessions. [from 14th c.]
5. (obsolete) A "person of estate"; a nobleman or noblewoman. [14th–17th c.]
6. (historical) A major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights (Estates of the realm). [from 14th c.]
7. (law) The nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land. [from 15th c.]
8. An (especially extensive) area of land, under a single ownership. [from 18th c.]
9. The landed property owned or controlled by a government or a department of government.
10. (UK, sometimes derogatory) A housing estate. [from 20th c.]
11. (UK, automotive) A station wagon; a car with a tailgate (or liftgate) and storage space to the rear of the seating which is coterminous with the passenger compartment (and often extensible into that compartment via folding or removable seating). [from 20th c.]
12. (obsolete) The state; the general body politic; the common-wealth; the general interest; state affairs.
13. (computing) An organization's collective information technology resources.

Synonyms

• (estate car) estate car, station sedan, station wagon, wagon

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

estate (not comparable)

1. (jewelry, euphemistic) Previously owned; secondhand.

   an estate diamond; estate jewelry

Verb

estate (third-person singular simple present estates, present participle estating, simple past and past participle estated)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To give an estate to.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To bestow upon.

Derived terms

See also

• Estate (land) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• tea-set, eatest, testæ, testae, teaset, tea set, tatees

Interlingua

Etymology

From Italian.

Noun

estate (plural estates)

1. summer

See also

Italian

Alternative forms

• està (poetic or regional)
• state, istate (Tuscan)

Etymology

Latinizing modification of state, inherited from Latin aestātem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈsta.te/
• Rhymes: -ate
• Hyphenation: e‧stà‧te

Noun

estate f (plural estati)

1. summer

Related terms

• estivo

See also

Further reading

• estate in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• attese, esatte, esteta, saette, tesate

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtate/ [esˈt̪a.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: es‧ta‧te

Verb

estate

1. inflection of estar:
   1. second-person singular imperative combined with te
   2. second-person singular voseo imperative combined with te