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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:realtorWikipedia

Etymology

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From real (in real estate) and -or. Coined by Charles N. Chadbourn in 1916, on the model of Latin agent nouns ending in -tor (such as actor, creator), to refer to real-estate professionals who are members of the National Association of Realtors, a trade association in the United States.[1] Equivalent to realt(y) +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

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• (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹi(ə)l.təɹ/, /ˈɹi(ə)l.tɔɹ/, (proscribed) /ˈɹil.ə.təɹ/[2]

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Noun

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realtor (plural realtors)

1. (Canada, US) A person or business that sells or leases out real estate, acting as an agent for the property owner.
   • 1919, Mr. Shannon, U.S. Housing Corporation. Hearings Before a Subcommittee, United States Senate:It was composed of an engineer, if I remember correctly, a town planner, a realtor, and occasionally an architect […]
   • 1922, Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC:First place, we ought to insist that folks call us ‘realtors’ and not ‘real-estate men.’ Sounds more like a reg’lar profession.
   • 1975, Jerzy Kosiński, Cockpit, Grove Press, published 1998, page 189:Intrigued by the prospect of an additional commission, the realtor hurriedly assured me he foresaw no problem in obtaining the lease.
   • 1997, Douglas A. Gray, Canadian home buying made easy, second edition, page 72:The terms agent, broker, and realtor are often used interchangeably.
   • 2003, Gary Andrew Dresden, Confessions of a Gynecologist, iUniverse, page 111:The realtor was like a carnivore, ready to spring. He was originally from New York and he seemed like the kind of guy who could smell a deal.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:realtor.

Synonyms

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• estate agent (British)
• real estate agent

Translations

[edit] dealer in real estate

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: посредник (bg) m (posrednik), посредничка f (posrednička) Chinese: Mandarin: 房地產經紀人 / 房地产经纪人 (fángdìchǎn jīngjìrén) Danish: ejendomsmægler (da) c Dutch: makelaar (nl) m, vastgoedmakelaar (nl) m Finnish: kiinteistönvälittäjä (fi) French: agent immobilier (fr) m, agente immobilière (fr) f German: Immobilienmakler (de) m, Immobilienmaklerin (de) f, Makler (de) m, Maklerin (de) f, Immobilienhändler (de) m, Immobilienhändlerin (de) f, Grundstücksmakler m, Grundstücksmaklerin f, Häusermakler m, Häusermaklerin f, Hausmakler m, Hausmaklerin f Greek: κτηματομεσίτης (el) m (ktimatomesítis), κτηματομεσίτρια f (ktimatomesítria) Hungarian: ingatlanügynök (hu) Italian: agente immobiliare (it) m or f, immobiliarista (it) m or f Japanese: 不動産屋 (ja) (ふどうさんや, fudōsan'ya) Korean: please add this translation if you can Latin: praediātor m, praediātrīx f Macedonian: аге́нт за недвижности m (agént za nedvižnosti), аге́нт за недвижнини m (agént za nedvižnini) Norwegian: Bokmål: eiendomsmegler m, eiendomsmekler m Nynorsk: eigedomsmeklar m Polish: agent nieruchomości m, agentka nieruchomości f Portuguese: corretor (pt) m, corretora (pt) f Romanian: agent imobiliar m, agentă imobiliară f Russian: аге́нт по прода́же недви́жимости m (agént po prodáže nedvížimosti), рие́лтор (ru) m (rijéltor) Spanish: agente inmobiliario (es) m, agente inmobiliaria f, fideicomisario (es) m, fideicomisaria f, bróker (es) m Swedish: fastighetsmäklare (sv) c, mäklare (sv) c Turkish: emlakçı (tr) Ukrainian: ріє́лтор m (rijéltor), ріє́лторка f (rijéltorka) Vietnamese: địa ốc viên, chuyên viên địa ốc, chuyên viên bất động sản

References

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1. ^ “realtor, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2016.
2. ^ used by about a third of Americans but nonstandard

Further reading

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• Jacob Zimmerman v. Nat'l Ass'n of Realtors, Cancellation Nos. 92032360, 92040141, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (March 31, 2004), discussing the claim that "realtor" is a generic term, and including 10 dictionary definitions of the term (pp. 17-19).

Anagrams

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• Treloar, relator

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