dealer

See also: Dealer

English

Etymology

From Middle English delare, from Old English dǣlere; equivalent to deal +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdiːlə(ɹ)/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -iːlə(r)

Noun

dealer (plural dealers)

1. One who deals in goods, especially automobiles; a middleman.

   That used car dealer gave me a great deal on my 1962 rusted-out Volkswagen bug!

2. One who peddles illicit drugs, especially to teenagers.
3. A particular type of stock broker or trader.
4. The person who deals the cards in a card game.

Synonyms

• salesman, peddler: (one who deals things, especially automobiles)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• art dealer
• double-dealer
• drug dealer

• misdealer
• plain dealer
• wheeler-dealer

Translations

one who deals in things, e.g. automobiles

• Bulgarian: търговец m (tǎrgovec)
• Czech: prodejce m, obchodník (cs) m, zprostředkovatel m
• Dutch: dealer (nl) m
• Finnish: jälleenmyyjä
• German: Händler (de) m
• Italian: distributore (it) m, rivenditore (it), rappresentante (it)
• Korean: 딜러 (dilleo), 영맨 (yeongmaen), 상인 (ko) (sang-in)
• Maori: kaihokohoko
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forhandler m

• Persian: دلال‎‎ (fa) (dallâl), معامله‌گر‎‎ (moâmelegar)
• Polish: dealer (pl) m
• Portuguese: negociante (pt) m, f
• Romanian: dealer (ro) m, vânzător (ro) m
• Russian: ди́лер (ru) m (díler), торго́вец (ru) m (torgóvec)
• Scottish Gaelic: dèiligear m
• Spanish: concesionario (es) m

one who peddles illicit drugs, especially to teenagers

• Bulgarian: дилър m (dilǎr)
• Czech: dealer (cs) m, prodejce m
• Dutch: dealer (nl) m
• Estonian: diiler, narkodiiler
• Finnish: diileri (colloquial)
• French: dealer (fr)
• German: Dealer (de) m, Drogenhändler (de) m, Ticker (de) m
• Icelandic: díler m, eiturlyfjasali m
• Italian: spacciatore (it)

• Korean: 마약상 (ko) (mayaksang)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: narkolanger m

• Polish: diler (pl) m, dilerka f
• Portuguese: traficante (pt) m, f
• Romanian: dealer (ro) m
• Russian: ди́лер (ru) m (díler)
• Scottish Gaelic: dèiligear m

a particular type of stock broker or trader

• Bulgarian: дилър m (dilǎr)
• Estonian: maakler, diiler
• Italian: piazzista (it)

• Korean: 딜러 (dilleo)
• Romanian: dealer (ro) m
• Russian: ди́лер (ru) m (díler), ма́клер (ru) m (mákler)

the person who deals the cards in a card game

• Bulgarian: раздавач m (razdavač)
• Czech: rozdávající m, krupiér m, bankéř (cs) m
• Dutch: gever (nl) m
• Estonian: diiler, jagaja
• Finnish: jakaja (fi)
• German: Geber m
• Korean: 딜러 (dilleo)

• Maori: kaiwhiuwhiu
• Polish: rozdający m, rozdająca f
• Portuguese: distribuidor m
• Romanian: dealer (ro) m
• Russian: сдаю́щий (ru) m (sdajúščij), раздаю́щий (ru) m (razdajúščij)
• Spanish: crupier m

Anagrams

• Leader, leader, leared, red ale, redeal, relade, relead

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French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English deal, suffixed with -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.le/

Verb

dealer

1. (slang) to deal (drugs)

Conjugation

Conjugation of dealer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

present participle		dealant /di.lɑ̃/
past participle		dealé /di.le/
infinitive
simple		dealer
compound		avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple		dealant /di.lɑ̃/
compound		ayant + past participle
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	deale /dil/	deales /dil/	deale /dil/	dealons /di.lɔ̃/	dealez /di.le/	dealent /dil/
	imperfect	dealais /di.lɛ/	dealais /di.lɛ/	dealait /di.lɛ/	dealions /di.ljɔ̃/	dealiez /di.lje/	dealaient /di.lɛ/
	past historic2	dealai /di.lɛ/	dealas /di.la/	deala /di.la/	dealâmes /di.lam/	dealâtes /di.lat/	dealèrent /di.lɛʁ/
	future	dealerai /dil.ʁɛ/	dealeras /dil.ʁa/	dealera /dil.ʁa/	dealerons /dil.ʁɔ̃/	dealerez /dil.ʁe/	dealeront /dil.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	dealerais /dil.ʁɛ/	dealerais /dil.ʁɛ/	dealerait /dil.ʁɛ/	dealerions /di.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	dealeriez /di.lə.ʁje/	dealeraient /dil.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	deale /dil/	deales /dil/	deale /dil/	dealions /di.ljɔ̃/	dealiez /di.lje/	dealent /dil/
	imperfect2	dealasse /di.las/	dealasses /di.las/	dealât /di.la/	dealassions /di.la.sjɔ̃/	dealassiez /di.la.sje/	dealassent /di.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	deale /dil/	—	dealons /di.lɔ̃/	dealez /di.le/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• dealeur

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English dealer.

Alternative forms

• dealeur

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.lœʁ/

Noun

dealer m (plural dealers, feminine dealeuse)

1. (slang) drug dealer

Anagrams

• leader

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English dealer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdileɾ/, [ˈd̪ileɾ]

Noun

dealer m (plural dealers)

1. dealer