estate
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
- enPR: ĭs-tāt, IPA(key): /ɪsˈteɪt/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪt
Noun
estate (plural estates)
- The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person. [from 19th c.]
- (now rare, archaic) state; condition. [from 13th c.]
- c. 1601–1602, William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or VVhat You VVill”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene i], page 275:
- But when I came to mans eſtate,
With hey ho, [the winde and the raine],
Gainſt Knaues and Theeues men ſhut their gate.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Romans 12:16:
- Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate.
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- (archaic) Status, rank. [from 13th c.]
- 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], OCLC 1203220866:
- God hath imprinted his authority in several parts, upon several estates of men.
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- (archaic) The condition of one's fortunes; prosperity, possessions. [from 14th c.]
- (obsolete) A "person of estate"; a nobleman or noblewoman. [14th–17th c.]
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVI:
- And anone came oute of a chamber to hym the fayrest lady that euer he sawe & more rycher bysene than euer he sawe Quene Gueneuer or ony other estat Lo sayd they syre Bors here is the lady vnto whome we owe alle oure seruyse / and I trowe she be the rychest lady and the fayrest of alle the world
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- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Mark 6:21:
- Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee.
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- (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.]
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p.115:
- I am afraid that some of the nobles who are campaigning for it simply want to use the Estates to cut down the King's power and increase their own.
- 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p.202:
- The three estates of feudal lords, clergy and royal officers met in separate chambers, and exercised an advisory role.
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p.115:
- (law) The nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land. [from 15th c.]
- An (especially extensive) area of land, under a single ownership. [from 18th c.]
- 2014 September 7, “Doddington's garden pyramid is a folly good show: The owners of a Lincolnshire stately home have brought the folly into the 21st century, by building a 30ft pyramid [print edition: Great pyramid of Lincolnshire, 6 September 2014, p. G2]”, in The Daily Telegraph, London:
- It has been a long time since new follies were springing up across the great estates of Britain. But the owners of Doddington Hall, in Lincolnshire, have brought the folly into the 21st century, by building a 30ft pyramid in the grounds of the Elizabethan manor.
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- The landed property owned or controlled by a government or a department of government.
- (UK, sometimes derogatory) A housing estate. [from 20th c.]
- 2012 October 19, McDermott, Josephine, “London's new housing loses the 'dirty word'”, in BBC News:
- Professor Loretta Lees from King's College London's geography department says, "The word 'estate' has become synonymous with the term 'ghetto'. It's become a dirty word. Back in the '20s and '30s it didn't carry the same stigma."
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- (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.]
- (obsolete) The state; the general body politic; the common-wealth; the general interest; state affairs.
- 1612, Francis Bacon, Of Judicature
- I call matter of estate not only the parts of sovereignty, but whatsoever […] concerneth manifestly any great portion of people.
- 1612, Francis Bacon, Of Judicature
- (computing) An organization's collective information technology resources.
- 2015, Peter Carter, Pro SQL Server Administration (page 82)
- This time, however, it only includes the static parameters that you expect to be consistent across your estate.
- 2015, Peter Carter, Pro SQL Server Administration (page 82)
Synonyms
- (estate car) estate car, station sedan, station wagon, wagon
Derived terms
- chair of estate
- concurrent estate
- council estate
- estate agency
- estate agent
- estate contract
- estate duty
- estate for life
- estate in land
- estate sale
- estate tax
- fourth estate
- freehold estate
- housing estate
- industrial estate
- leasehold estate
- legal estate
- life estate
- life estate pur autre vie
- overspill estate
- personal estate
- real-estate
- real estate
- real estate owned
- real estate tax
- residuary estate
- second estate
- separate estate
- sink estate
- third estate
- trading estate
Translations
property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
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state, condition
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status, rank
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one's possessions
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person of estate
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historical: major social class or order of persons
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law: nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land
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(extensive) area of land under single ownership
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landed property owned or controlled by a government or a department of government
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housing estate — see housing estate
body style of cars — see station wagon
Adjective
estate (not comparable)
- (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)
- (obsolete, transitive) To give an estate to.
- (obsolete, transitive) To bestow upon.
See also
Estate (land) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- eatest, tatees, tea set, testae, testæ
Interlingua
Etymology
From Italian.
Noun
estate (plural estates)
- summer
See also
| Seasons in Interlingua · stationes del anno (layout · text) · category | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| primavera (“spring”) | estate (“summer”) | autumno (“autumn”) | hiberno (“winter”) |
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/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ate
- Hyphenation: e‧stà‧te
Noun
estate f (plural estati)
- summer
Related terms
- estivo
See also
| Seasons in Italian · stagioni (layout · text) · category | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| primavera (“spring”) | estate (“summer”) | autunno (“autumn”) | inverno (“winter”) |
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
- inflection of estar:
- second-person singular imperative combined with te
- second-person singular voseo imperative combined with te