auctioneer

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English auction

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Old French -ier

Middle French -ierder.

English -eer

English auctioneer

From auction + -eer.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

auctioneer (plural auctioneers)

1. An individual who conducts an auction on behalf of a vendor, accepting bids to find the best price for the vendor.
   • 2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 102:

     The auctioneer, with his fruity, theatrical voice and his gavel, hits a block of wood in precisely the same spot, no matter the day.

   • 2005 June 2, Jeanne Sahadi, “'Do I hear 6 figures? Sold!' Auctioneering can be a lucrative job ... if you know what you're selling.”, in CNN Money‎^[1], archived from the original on 7 December 2024:

     But there are many items that auctioneers sell every day in various garb: industrial equipment, autos and real estate, to name a few.

   • 2021 September 24, Lauren M. Johnson and Christina Zdanowicz, “A gravestone missing for almost 150 years was being used as a marble slab to make fudge”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     The auctioneer donated the monument to FOLHC and they got to work restoring his plot.

Derived terms

• auctioneeress

Translations

one who conducts an auction

• Afrikaans: afslaer (af)
• Arabic: مُزَايِد m (muzāyid)
• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: subhastador m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拍賣商 / 拍卖商 (zh) (pāimàishāng)

• Danish: auktionarius c
• Dutch: veilingmeester (nl) m, vendumeester m, veilinghouder m, afslager (nl) m
• Finnish: huutokaupanpitäjä
• French: commissaire-priseur (fr) m
• Galician: poxador (gl)
• German: Auktionator (de) m, Versteigerer m
• Greek: εκπλειστηριαστής (el) m (ekpleistiriastís), δημοπράτης (el) m (dimoprátis)
• Italian: battitore (it) m, banditore (it) m
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Kazakh: аукционшы (awkcıyonšı)
• Korean: 경매사(競賣士) (gyeongmaesa)
• Latin: praecō m
• Māori: kaimākete
• Norman: encanteux m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: auksjonarius m

  Nynorsk: auksjonarius m

• Plautdietsch: Utroopa m
• Polish: aukcjoner (pl) m
• Portuguese: leiloeiro (pt) m
• Romanian: licitator m, adjudecător (ro) m
• Russian: аукциони́ст (ru) m (aukcioníst), аукциони́стка f (aukcionístka)
• Spanish: pregonero (es) m or f, subastador (es) m, rematador (es) m
• Swahili: dalali (sw)
• Swedish: auktionsutropare (sv) c, auktionsförrättare (sv) c, auktionist c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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.
2. (intransitive) To act as an auctioneer.

Translations

to sell at an auction

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拍賣 / 拍卖 (zh) (pāimài)

• Finnish: huutokaupata (fi)
• French: enchérir (fr)
• Galician: poxar (gl)
• German: versteigern (de), verauktionieren (de)
• Greek: πλειστηριάζω (el) (pleistiriázo), δημοπρατώ (el) (dimoprató)
• Polish: aukcjonować impf (dated)
• Portuguese: leiloar (pt)
• Romanian: licita (ro)
• Spanish: rematar (es), subastar (es)