different between gift vs estate

English

Alternative forms

• yift (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle English gift (also yift, yeft, ?ift, ?eft), partly from Old English ?ift (“giving, consideration, dowry, wedding”) and Old Norse gipt (“gift, present, wedding”); both from Proto-Germanic *giftiz (“gift”). Equivalent to give +? -th (etymologically yive + -th). Cognate with West Frisian jefte (“gift”), Saterland Frisian Gift (“gift”), German Low German Gift (“poison”), Dutch gift (“gift”) and its doublet gif (“poison”), German Gift (“poison”), Swedish gift (“gift, poison, venom”), Icelandic gift (“gift”). Doublet of yift.

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) enPR: g?ft, IPA^(key): /??ft/
• Rhymes: -?ft

Noun

gift (plural gifts)

1. Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.
2. A talent or natural ability.

   • “ […] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons?! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”

3. Something gained incidentally, without effort.
4. The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing.

Synonyms

• (something freely given by another): See Thesaurus:gift For beneficial actions, see favor.
• (something god-given): ability, aptitude, knack, talent, strength

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ??? (gifuto)

Translations

See also

• lagniappe

Verb

gift (third-person singular simple present gifts, present participle gifting, simple past and past participle gifted)

1. (transitive) To give as a gift or donation.
2. (transitive) To give away, to concede easily.

Synonyms

• contribute
• donate
• give

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• T.G.I.F., TGIF

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ift/, [??ifd?]

Etymology 1

From German Gift (“poison”). Similar to the archaic gift (“gift”), a verbal noun to give (“to give”).

Noun

gift c (singular definite giften, plural indefinite gifte)

1. poison (substance harmful to a living organism)

Inflection

Derived terms

See also

• gift on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 2

Originally the past participle of gifte (“marry”).

Adjective

gift

1. married

Inflection

Derived terms

• ugift

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

gift

1. imperative of gifte
2. past participle of gifte

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gifte, from Old Dutch *gift, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz. The words gif and vergif, both meaning "poison", derive from the same source as gift and gif were not formally distinguished until early modern Dutch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ft/
• Hyphenation: gift
• Rhymes: -?ft

Noun

gift f (plural giften, diminutive giftje n)

1. donation; something given (away) voluntarily.

   Synonyms: geschenk, cadeau

Noun

gift n or f (plural giften, diminutive giftje n)

1. (dated) poison

   Synonyms: gif, venijn, vergif, vergift

Derived terms

• giftig
• grafgift

Adjective

gift (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) poisonous, toxic, venomous

   Synonym: giftig

Inflection

Related terms

• geven, gave
• vergiftigen, ontgiften, begiftigen

Faroese

Noun

gift f (genitive singular giftar, uncountable)

1. poison

Declension

Synonyms

• eitur

Adjective

gift

1. married, female form of giftur
   • Ert tú gift?

     Are you (f) married?

Declension

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gipt, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /c?ft/
• Rhymes: -?ft

Noun

gift f (genitive singular giftar, nominative plural giftir)

1. (obsolete) gift

   Synonym: gjöf

Declension

Related terms

• gifta

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

gift f or m (definite singular gifta or giften, indefinite plural gifter, definite plural giftene)

1. poison (substance harmful to a living organism)

Derived terms

• giftslange
• giftstoff
• rottegift

Related terms

• forgifte
• forgiftning
• giftig

Adjective

gift (neuter singular gift, definite singular and plural gifte)

1. married

Antonyms

• ugift

Derived terms

• nygift

Verb

gift

1. imperative of gifte

References

• “gift” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?ft/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gipt.

Noun

gift f (definite singular gifta, indefinite plural gifter, definite plural giftene)

1. poison

Derived terms

• giftslange
• giftstoff
• rottegift

Etymology 2

Past participle of gifta.

Adjective

gift (indefinite singular gift, definite singular and plural gifte)

1. married

Participle

gift (definite singular and plural gifte)

1. past participle of gifta and gifte

Alternative forms

• gifta

Verb

gift

1. imperative of gifta and gifte
2. supine of gifta and gifte

References

• “gift” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Alternative forms

• ?yft

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *giftiz. Cognate with Old Frisian jeft, Old Saxon *gift (in sundargift (“privilege”, literally “special gift”)), Dutch gift, Old High German gift (German Gift), Old Norse gipt (> English gift), Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (fragifts).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jift/

Noun

?ift f (nominative plural ?ifta)

1. Payment for a wife.
2. (in the plural) marriage, wedding

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: ?ift, ?eft, gift (in part from Old Norse)
  • English: gift, yift

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From German Gift.

Noun

gift n

1. poison; venom; virus; toxin
   • 1968 Tove Jansson, Muminpappans memoarer, Holger Schildts Förlag (1991), ?ISBN, page 126:

     Rådd-djuret gråter, sade Joxaren förebrående. Spöket har målat en dödskalle på kaffeburken och skrivit GIFT under och nu är Rådd-djuret utom sig och säger att har det inte gift sig förut så kommer det nu absolut aldrig att göra det!

     "The Muddler is crying," said the Joxter reproachfully. "The ghost has painted a skull and crossbones and the word POISON on the Muddler's coffee tin, and now the Muddler is beside himself and says that if it has not gotten married before it will absolutely never do it!"

Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Norse gipta (“give away in marriage”), from Proto-Germanic *giftiz.

Adjective

gift (not comparable)

1. married

   ett gift par

   a married couple

   Han är gift sedan tre år.

   He's been married for three years.

   • 1968 Tove Jansson, Muminpappans memoarer, Holger Schildts Förlag (1991), ?ISBN, page 126:

     Rådd-djuret gråter, sade Joxaren förebrående. Spöket har målat en dödskalle på kaffeburken och skrivit GIFT under och nu är Rådd-djuret utom sig och säger att har det inte gift sig förut så kommer det nu absolut aldrig att göra det!

     "The Muddler is crying," said the Joxter reproachfully. "The ghost has painted a skull and crossbones and the word POISON on the Muddler's coffee tin, and now the Muddler is beside himself and says that if it has not gotten married before it will absolutely never do it!"

Declension

Verb

gift

1. imperative of gifta.
2. past participle of gifta.
3. supine of gifta.

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.