real estate

See also real-estate

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

real; from Latin res, matter or thing + status, state or condition

estate; from Latin status, condition, state

There is no reliable indication that the "real" in "real estate" comes from Spanish real, meaning "royal" (Latin rēgālis).

Pronunciation

• enPR: /rēl' əstāt"/, IPA: /ˈriːl əˌsteɪt/

Noun

real estate (uncountable)

1. Property that cannot easily be moved, usually buildings and the ground they are built on.
2. (informal, loosely) Available space.
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Synonyms

• realty

Antonyms

• personalty

Derived terms

• real estate development
• real-estate

Related terms

• realtor

Translations

property that cannot easily be moved

Arabic: عقار (ar) (3aqaar) m. Armenian: անշարժ գույք (hy) (anšarž guyk’) Chinese: Mandarin: 不動產 (cmn), 不动产 (cmn) (bùdòngchǎn), 房地產 (cmn), 房地产 (cmn) (fángdìchǎn) Croatian: nekretnine (hr) f. pl. Czech: nemovitost (cs) f. Dutch: vastgoed n., immobiliën m, pl Estonian: kinnisvara Finnish: kiinteistö (fi), maaomaisuus (fi) French: immeuble (fr) m. German: Immobilie (de) f. Greek: ακίνητο (el) n., ακίνητη περιουσία (el) f. Italian: proprietà (it) f. uncountable, immobile (it) m. Japanese: 不動産 (ja) (ふどうさん, fudōsan)

Korean: 부동산 (ko) (budongsan) (不動產 (ko)) Macedonian: (for a particular property) недвижнина (mk) (nedvížnina) f., недвижност (mk) (nédvížnost) f., (real estate in general) недвижнини (mk) (nedvížnini) pl., недвижности (mk) (nedvížnosti) pl. Norwegian: fast eiendom (no) Polish: nieruchomość (pl) f. Portuguese: imóvel (pt) m. Russian: недвижимость (ru) (nedvížimost') f. Serbo-Croatian: nekretnine (sh) f. pl. Slovak: nehnuteľnosť (sk) f. Slovene: nepremičnine (sl) f. pl. Spanish: bien inmueble (es) m. bien raíz (es) m. Swedish: fast egendom (sv) c., fastighet (sv) c. Vietnamese: bất động sản (vi)