estate

English

Estate on Wikipedia

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman astat, from Old French estat (French: état).

Noun

estate (plural estates)

(now rare, archaic) state; condition [from 13th c.]
(archaic) status, rank [from 13th c.]
(archaic) The condition of one's fortunes; prosperity, possessions [from 14th c.]
(obsolete) A "person of estate"; a nobleman or noblewoman [14th-17th c.]
- 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVI:
  and anone cam oute of a chambir unto hym the fayryst lady that ever he saw, and more rycher beseyne than ever was Quene Guenyver or ony other astate.
(historical) A major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights (Estates of the realm) [from 14th c.]
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 115:
  I am afraid that some of the nobles who are campaigning for it simply want to use the Estates to cut down the King's power and increase their own.
- 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 202:
  The three estates of feudal lords, clergy and royal officers met in separate chambers, and exercised an advisory role.
(law) The nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land [from 15th c.]
An (especially extensive) area of land, under a single ownership [from 18th c.]
The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person [from 19th c.]
(UK) A housing estate [from 20th c.]
(UK, automotive) A station wagon; a car with a tailgate (or liftgate) and storage space to the rear of the seating which is coterminous with the passenger compartment (and often extensible into that compartment via folding or removable seating) [from 20th c.]

Synonyms

(estate car) estate car, station sedan, station wagon, wagon

Derived terms

Translations

historical: major social class or order of persons

Bulgarian: съсловие (bg) (sǎslovie) n
Catalan: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: stand (nl)adel (nl),
Finnish: sääty (fi)
French: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: сталеж (mk) (stálež) m

Old French: please add this translation if you can
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: stalež (sh) m
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: stånd (sv) n

law: nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land

Bulgarian: владение (bg) (vladenie) n
Dutch: bezit (nl),eigendom (nl),
Finnish: saanto (fi)

French: proprieté (fr) f,
Italian: beni (it) m pl
Serbo-Croatian: vlasništvo (sh) n

area of land under single ownership

Armenian: կալվածք (hy) (kalvaçk’)
Bulgarian: имение (bg) (imenie) n
Catalan: propietat (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 地产 (cmn)
Czech: majetek (cs), pozemek (cs)
Dutch: landgoed (nl) n
Finnish: tila (fi)
French: domaine (fr), propriété (fr)
German: Gut (de) n, Landgut (de) n

Italian: proprietà (it) f, tenuta (it) f, possedimento (it) m
Latvian: muiža (lv) f
Lithuanian: sodyba (lt) f
Macedonian: посед (mk) (pósed) m, имот (mk) (ímot) m
Russian: усадьба (ru) (usád'ba) f
Scottish Gaelic: fearann na h-oighreachd (gd) m, oighreachd (gd) f
Serbo-Croatian: imanje (sh) n, posjed (sh) m
Spanish: finca (es) f
Swedish: äga (sv) c, egendom (sv) c
Turkish: emlâk (tr)

collective net property of someone, especially a deceased person

Bulgarian: имот (bg) (imot) m, наследство (bg) (nasledstvo) n
Catalan: propietat (ca) f, béns (ca) m pl
Chinese:
Mandarin: 财产 (cmn)
Dutch: bezit (nl) n
Finnish: omaisuus (fi); (of a deceased, as legal entity) kuolinpesä (fi), pesä (fi)

Italian: asse ereditario (it)
Macedonian: имот (mk) (ímot) m, заоставштина (mk) (zaostávština) f
Scottish Gaelic: oighreachd (gd) f
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: imetak (sh) m, imovina (sh) f
Swedish: (of a deceased) dödsbo (sv) n, sterbhus (sv) n