Phrase guide

real estate

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /rēl' əstātʹ/
  • /ˈɹiːl əˌsteɪt/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Property that cannot easily be moved, usually buildings and the ground on which they are built.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • They failed to find any investors for the construction of new real estate on the north side.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Space used for a particular purpose.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

property consisting of houses and land

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: real property, realty, immovable

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: property, belongings, holding

Narrower terms: estate, land, landed estate, acres, demesne, mortmain, dead hand

History

Etymology

Estate that is real, in the legal sense of "relating to immovable tangible property". This sense of the word ultimately goes back to Latin, where reālis could be used similarly.

Across languages

Translations

114 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: pasuri të paluajtshme — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Arabic: عَقَار (ʕaqār) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Armenian: անշարժ գույք (anšarž guykʻ) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Azerbaijani: daşınmaz əmlak — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Azerbaijani: əmlak — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Bashkir: күсемһеҙ мөлкәт (küsemheź mölkət) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Belarusian: нерухо́масць (njeruxómascʹ) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Bulgarian: недви́жима со́бственост (nedvížima sóbstvenost) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Burmese: ထာဝရဥစ္စာ (htawa.ra.ucca) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Catalan: béns immobles — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Cherokee: ᎦᏙ ᎣᏤᎵᎪ (gado otseligo) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不動產 /不动产 (bùdòngchǎn) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Chinese Mandarin: 房地產 /房地产 (fángdìchǎn) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Czech: nemovitost — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Danish: fast ejendom — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Dutch: onroerend goed — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Dutch: immobiliën — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Dutch: vastgoed — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Esperanto: nemoveblaĵoj — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Estonian: kinnisvara — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Finnish: kiinteistö — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Finnish: maaomaisuus — property that cannot easily be moved
  • French: immobilier — property that cannot easily be moved
  • French: bien immobilier — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Galician: ben inmóbel — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Galician: ben raíz — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Georgian: უძრავი ქონება (uʒravi koneba) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • German: unbewegliche Sache — property that cannot easily be moved
  • German: Immobilie — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Greek: ακίνητο (akínito) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Greek: ακίνητη περιουσία (akíniti periousía) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Ancient Greek: ἔγγειον (éngeion) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Hebrew: נכסי דלא ניידי (nikhséi deló naydéy) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Hebrew: נדל״ן (nadlán) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Hindi: भू-संपदा (bhū-sampdā) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Hindi: अचल संपत्ति (acal sampatti) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Hindi: स्थावर संपत्ति (sthāvar sampatti) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Hungarian: ingatlan — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Icelandic: fasteign — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Ido: terhavajo — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Ido: imoblo — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Indonesian: lahan yasan — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Indonesian: real estat — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Italian: bene immobile — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Japanese: 不動産 (fudōsan) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Kazakh: жылжымайтын мүлік (jyljymaityn mülık) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Khmer: អចលនវត្ថុ (ʼaʼcaʼlaʼnaʼvŏətthoʼ) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Khmer: អសង្ហារិមៈ (ʼaʼsɑnghaarimĕəʼ) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Khmer: អសង្ហារិមទ្រព្យ (ʼaʼsɑnghaarɨm trŏəp) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Korean: 부동산 (budongsan) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Kyrgyz: кыймылсыз мүлк (kıymılsız mülk) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Kyrgyz: кыймылсыз буюмдар (kıymılsız buyumdar) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Lao: ອະສັງຫາລິມະຊັບ (ʼa sang hā li ma sap) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Latin: rēs solī — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Latvian: nekustamais īpašums — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Lithuanian: nekilnojamasis turtas — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Macedonian: недвижнина (nedvižnina) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Macedonian: недвижност (nedvižnost) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Macedonian: недвижнини (nedvižnini) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Macedonian: недвижности (nedvižnosti) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Malay: hartanah — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Malay: harta tanah — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Mongolian: үл хөдлөх хөрөнгө (ül xödlöx xöröngö) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Mongolian: гэр байшин газар хөрөнгө (ger bajšin gazar xöröngö) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Mongolian: ᠦᠯᠦ ᠬᠥᠳᠡᠯᠬᠦ ᠬᠥᠷᠦᠩᠭᠡ (ülü ködelkü körüngge) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Mongolian: ᠭᠡᠷ ᠪᠠᠶᠢᠰᠢᠨᠩ ᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷ ᠬᠥᠷᠦᠩᠭᠡ (ger bayisinng ɣaǰar qörüngge) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fast eiendom — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fast eigedom — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Iranian Persian: اَمْلاک (amlâk) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Iranian Persian: مُسْتَغِلَّات (mostaġellât) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Iranian Persian: اَمْوالِ غِیْرِ مَنْقول (amvâl-e ġeyr-e manġul) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Polish: nieruchomość — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Portuguese: bem imóvel — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Portuguese: imóvel — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Romanian: imobil — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Russian: недви́жимость (nedvížimostʹ) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Serbo-Croatian: некретнѝна — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Serbo-Croatian: nekretnìna — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Slovak: nehnuteľnosť — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Slovene: nepremičnina — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Spanish: bienes inmuebles — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Spanish: bienes raíces — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Spanish: arraigo — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Spanish: finca — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Swedish: fast egendom — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Swedish: fastighet — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Tagalog: pingkas — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Tajik: мулки ғайриманқул (mulk-i ġayrimanqul) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Tajik: амволи ғайриманқул (amvol-i ġayrimanqul) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Tatar: күчемсез мөлкәт (küçemsez mölkät) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Thai: อสังหาริมทรัพย์ (à-sǎng-hǎa-rí-má-sáp) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Turkish: emlak — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Turkish: gayrimenkul — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Ukrainian: нерухо́мість (neruxómistʹ) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Urdu: غَیر مَنْقُولَہ جائِداد (ġair manqūla jāidād) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Urdu: جائِداد (jāidād) — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Uzbek: amlok — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Uzbek: koʻchmas mulk — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Vietnamese: bất động sản — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Vietnamese: địa ốc — property that cannot easily be moved
  • Chinese Mandarin: 地方 (dìfang) — space used for a particular purpose
  • Chinese Mandarin: 空間 /空间 (kōngjiān) — space used for a particular purpose
  • Chinese Mandarin: 餘地 /余地 (yúdì) — space used for a particular purpose
  • Finnish: tila — space used for a particular purpose
  • Finnish: alue — space used for a particular purpose
  • German: Spielraum — space used for a particular purpose
  • German: Platz — space used for a particular purpose
  • Greek: διαθέσιμος χώρος (diathésimos chóros) — space used for a particular purpose
  • Greek: χώρος (chóros) — space used for a particular purpose
  • Hebrew: נדל״ן (nadlán) — space used for a particular purpose
  • Polish: plac — space used for a particular purpose
  • Spanish: bien inmueble — space used for a particular purpose
  • Spanish: bien raíz — space used for a particular purpose
  • Vietnamese: không gian — space used for a particular purpose