different between estate vs estre

English

Etymology

From Middle English estat, from Anglo-Norman estat and Old French estat (French: état), from Latin status. Doublet of state and status.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?s-t?t, IPA^(key): /?s?te?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t

Noun

estate (plural estates)

1. The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person. [from 19^thc.]
2. (now rare, archaic) state; condition. [from 13^thc.]
   • Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate.

3. (archaic) Status, rank. [from 13^thc.]
   • 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living

     God hath imprinted his authority in several parts, upon several estates of men.

4. (archaic) The condition of one's fortunes; prosperity, possessions. [from 14^thc.]
5. (obsolete) A "person of estate"; a nobleman or noblewoman. [14^th-17^thc.]
   • Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee.

6. (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 14^thc.]
   • 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.

7. (law) The nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land. [from 15^thc.]
8. An (especially extensive) area of land, under a single ownership. [from 18^thc.]
9. The landed property owned or controlled by a government or a department of government.
10. (Britain, sometimes derogatory) A housing estate. [from 20^thc.]
11. (Britain, 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 20^thc.]
12. (obsolete) The state; the general body politic; the common-wealth; the general interest; state affairs.
    • 1612, Francis Bacon, Of Judicature

      I call matter of estate not only the parts of sovereignty, but whatsoever […] concerneth manifestly any great portion of people.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

estate (not comparable)

1. (jewelry, euphemistic) Previously owned; secondhand.

   an estate diamond; estate jewelry

Verb

estate (third-person singular simple present estates, present participle estating, simple past and past participle estated)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To give an estate to.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To bestow upon.

See also

• Estate (land) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• eatest, tatees, tea set, testae, testæ

Interlingua

Etymology

From Italian.

Noun

estate (plural estates)

1. summer

See also

Italian

Alternative forms

• està (poetic or regional)
• state (Tuscan)

Etymology

From Latin aest?tem, accusative of aest?s (“summer”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?eyd?- (“burn; fire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /es?ta.te/
• Rhymes: -ate
• Hyphenation: es?tà?te

Noun

estate f (plural estati)

1. summer

Related terms

• estivo

See also

Anagrams

• attese, esatte, esteta, saette, tesate

References

• estate in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Spanish

Verb

estate

1. Compound of the informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of estar, está and the pronoun te.

English

Etymology

From Old French estre (“state, plan”).

Noun

estre (plural estres)

1. (archaic or obsolete) The indoor layout or plan of a castle.
   • 1954, C. S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy, Chapter 15, page 239,

     "And tomorrow, Cor," he added, "shalt come over all the castle with me and see the estres and mark all its strength and weakness: for it will be thine to guard when I'm gone."

See also

• estate

References

• estre in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Ester, Reset, Steer, ester, re-est., reest, reset, retes, seter, steer, stere, teers, teres, terse, trees

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Latin sum (infinitive: esse). Compare with estar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s.tr?/

Verb

estre

1. to be

Conjugation

Descendants

• Franco-Provençal: étre

See also

• estar

French

Alternative forms

• e?tre

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?/

Verb

estre

1. Archaic spelling of être.

Conjugation

Anagrams

• ester, êtres, reste, resté, stère, stéré, terse, tersé

Hungarian

Etymology

est +? -re

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???tr?]
• Hyphenation: est?re

Noun

estre

1. sublative singular of est

Middle French

Etymology

From two sources:

• Old French estre, from Latin sum (“to be”)
• Old French ester, from Latin st? (“to stand”)

Verb

estre

1. to be

Conjugation

• Like Modern French être, highly irregular.
• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Noun

estre m (plural estres)

1. being (creature, entity)

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:estre.

Descendants

• French: être
• ? Middle English: estre (“circumstance”)

Old French

Etymology

From Latin sum (infinitive: esse). Compare with ester.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s.tr?/

Verb

estre

1. to be

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:estre.

Descendants

• Middle French: estre
  • French: être
• Bourguignon: étre
• Franc-Comtois: étre
• Lorrain: être, estre, yestre
• Norman: ête
• Picard: ète
• Walloon: esse

See also

• ester