real estate

See also: real-estate

English

Etymology

Estate that is real, in the legal sense of "relating to immovable tangible property". This sense of the word ultimately goes back to Latin, where reālis could be used similarly.

Pronunciation

enPR: /rēl' əstātʹ/
IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːl əˌsteɪt/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

real estate (uncountable)

(US, Canada, Australia) Property that cannot easily be moved, usually buildings and the ground they are built on.
They failed to find any investors for the construction of new real estate on the north side.
It's free real estate.
(informal) Space used for a particular purpose.
- 1982, J. A. Kraulis, Ontario‎, page 6:
  The "Golden Horseshoe", the commercial and industrial end of Lake Ontario, is the most crowded real estate in Canada.
- 2007, Preston Gralla, Big Book of Windows Hacks:
  Virtual desktops allow you to stretch your screen real estate well beyond its normal size.

Synonyms

immovable
immovable property
property (British)
realty
real property

Antonyms

personalty
chattels

Derived terms

real-estate

Related terms

realtor

Translations

property that cannot easily be moved

Arabic: عَقَار‎ (ar) m (ʿaqār)
Armenian: անշարժ գույք (hy) (anšarž guykʿ)
Azerbaijani: daşınmaz əmlak, əmlak (az)
Bashkir: күсемһеҙ мөлкәт (küsemheð mölkät)
Belarusian: нерухо́масць f (njeruxómascʹ)
Bulgarian: недви́жима со́бственост f (nedvížima sóbstvenost)
Burmese: ထာဝရဥစ္စာ (my) (htawa.ra.ucca)
Cherokee: ᎦᏙ ᎣᏤᎵᎪ (gado otseligo)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 不動產／不动产 (zh) (bùdòngchǎn), 房地產／房地产 (zh) (fángdìchǎn)
Czech: nemovitost (cs) f
Danish: fast ejendom c
Dutch: onroerend goed (nl) n, immobiliën (nl) m pl
Esperanto: nemoveblaĵoj pl
Estonian: kinnisvara
Finnish: kiinteistö (fi), maaomaisuus (fi)
French: immobilier (fr) m, bien immobilier m
Galician: ben inmóbel m, ben raíz m
Georgian: უძრავი ქონება (uʒravi koneba)
German: unbewegliche Sache f, Immobilie (de) f
Greek: ακίνητο (el) n (akínito), ακίνητη περιουσία (el) f (akíniti periousía)
Ancient: ἔγγειον n (éngeion)
Hebrew: נכסי דלא ניידי‎ m pl (nikhséi deló naydéy), (acronym) נדל״ן‎ (he) m pl (nadlán)
Hindi: भू-संपदा f (bhū-sampdā), स्थावर (hi) m (sthāvar)
Hungarian: ingatlan (hu)
Icelandic: fasteign (is) f
Ido: terhavajo, imoblo (io)
Italian: bene immobile m
Japanese: 不動産 (ja) (ふどうさん, fudōsan)
Kazakh: жылжымайтын мүлік (jyljymaityn mülık)
Khmer: អចលនវត្ថុ (km) (ʼaʼcaʼlaʼnaʼvŏətthoʼ), អសង្ហារិមៈ (km) (ʼaʼsɑnghaarimĕəʼ)
Korean: 부동산(不動產) (ko) (budongsan)
Kyrgyz: кыймылсыз мүлк (kıymılsız mülk), кыймылсыз буюмдар (kıymılsız buyumdar)
Latin: rēs solī f
Latvian: nekustamais īpašums m
Lithuanian: nekilnojamasis turtas (lt) m
Macedonian: (a particular property) недвижнина f (nedvižnina), недвижност f (nedvižnost), (real estate in general) недвижнини pl (nedvižnini), недвижности pl (nedvižnosti)
Malay: hartanah (ms)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: үл хөдлөх хөрөнгө (ül xödlöx xöröngö)
Mongolian: ᠦᠯᠦ
ᠬᠥᠳᠡᠯᠬᠦ
ᠬᠥᠷᠦᠩᠭᠡ (ülü ködelkü körüŋge)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fast eiendom m
Nynorsk: fast eigedom m
Persian: املاک‎ (fa) (amlâk)
Polish: nieruchomość (pl) f
Portuguese: bem imóvel m, imóvel (pt) m
Romanian: imobil (ro) n
Russian: недви́жимость (ru) f (nedvížimostʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: некретнѝна f
Roman: nekretnìna (sh) f
Slovak: nehnuteľnosť f
Slovene: nepremičnina (sl) f
Spanish: bien inmueble m, bien raíz (es) m
Swedish: fast egendom (sv) c, fastighet (sv) c
Tagalog: pingkas
Tajik: мулки ғайриманкул (mulki ġayrimankul), амволи ғайриманқул (amvoli ġayrimanqul)
Tatar: күчемсез мөлкәт (küçemsez mölkät)
Thai: อสังหาริมทรัพย์ (th) (à-sǎng-hǎa-rí-má-sáp)
Turkish: emlak (tr), gayrimenkul (tr)
Ukrainian: нерухо́мість f (neruxómistʹ)
Uzbek: amlok (uz), koʻchmas mulk
Vietnamese: bất động sản (vi), địa ốc (vi) (dated)

space used for a particular purpose

Chinese:
Mandarin: 地方 (zh) (dìfang), 空間／空间 (zh) (kōngjiān), 餘地／余地 (zh) (yúdì)
Finnish: tila (fi), alue (fi)
German: Spielraum (de) m, Platz (de) m
Greek: διαθέσιμος χώρος m (diathésimos chóros), χώρος (el) m (chóros)
Hebrew: (acronym) נדל״ן‎ (he) m pl (nadlán)
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Anagrams

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