estate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 2 Italian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Related terms 2.3 See also 3 Spanish 3.1 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪt

[edit] Etymology

From Anglo-Norman astat, from Old French estat (French: état).

[edit] Noun

estate (plural estates)

1. An area on land under single ownership. (w:Estate (house))
2. (law) The nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land.
3. All that a person owns, whether real or personal property.
4. The property of a deceased person.
5. (British) A group of buildings built together as a single development on a designated area of land. (w:Housing estate)
6. (British, automotive) A body style for cars, popular with families, which has an enclosed area where the boot or trunk would be on a sedan / saloon.
7. (British) An estate car.
8. 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 (w:Estates of the realm)

[edit] Synonyms

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

[edit] Derived terms

concurrent estate estate for life estate in land estate sale housing estate

industrial estate leasehold estate life estate real estate trading estate

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

Latin aestas, aestatis

[edit] Noun

estate f. (plural estati)

1. summer

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• estivo

[edit] See also

• stagione

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[edit] Verb

estate (infinitive: estar)

1. Compound of the informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of estar, está and the pronoun te.