auctioneer

English

Etymology

From auction +‎ -eer

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

auctioneer (plural auctioneers)

1. A person who conducts an auction on behalf of a vendor, taking bids to find the best price for the vendor.

Translations

one who conducts an auction

• Afrikaans: afslaer (af)
• Danish: auktionarius c
• French: commissaire-priseur (fr) m
• German: Auktionator (de) m
• Greek: εκπλειστηριαστής m (ekpleistiriastís), δημοπράτης (el) m (dimoprátis)
• Italian: battitore m, banditore (it) m
• Maori: kaimākete
• Norman: encanteux m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: auksjonarius m

  Nynorsk: auksjonarius m

• Portuguese: leiloeiro (pt) m
• Romanian: licitator m, adjudecător (ro) m
• Russian: аукциони́ст (ru) m (aukcioníst), аукциони́стка f (aukcionístka)
• Spanish: pregonero (es) m, f, subastador m, rematador m
• Swahili: dalali (sw)
• Swedish: auktionsutropare c, auktionsförrättare c, auktionist c

Verb

auctioneer (third-person singular simple present auctioneers, present participle auctioneering, simple past and past participle auctioneered)

1. (transitive) To sell at an auction; to auction.

Translations

to sell at an auction

• Greek: πλειστηριάζω (el) (pleistiriázo), δημοπρατώ (el) (dimoprató)
• Portuguese: leiloar (pt)
• Romanian: licita (ro)

• Spanish: rematar (es), subastar (es)
• Swahili: dalali (sw)