auctioneer

English

Etymology

From auction +‎ -eer.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

auctioneer (plural auctioneers)

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.

Derived terms

auctioneeress

Translations

one who conducts an auction

Afrikaans: afslaer (af)
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
Kazakh: аукционшы (auksionşy)
Latin: praecō m
Maori: kaimākete
Norman: encanteux m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: auksjonarius m

Nynorsk: auksjonarius 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 m, rematador m
Swahili: dalali (sw)
Swedish: auktionsutropare (sv) c, auktionsförrättare (sv) c, auktionist c

Verb

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

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