不動産業者
解説 Definition
realtors は realtor（不動産業者、不動産仲介業者）の複数形です。特に米国で住宅や土地の売買・賃貸を扱う人たちを指す語として使われます。
Realtors is the plural of realtor and refers to people who help clients buy, sell, or rent real estate, especially in the United States. In its formal trademarked sense, Realtors are real estate professionals who belong to the relevant national trade association.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
realtor の規則的な複数形で、語末に -s を付け、発音は一般に /ˈriːəltərz/。米国の住宅売買で、realtors show houses、local realtors know the market のように複数の業者を指す。不動産業者一般の real estate agents と近いが、Realtor は本来、全米不動産協会の会員を示す名称でもある。
Realtors is the regular plural of realtor: add -s, pronounced /z/ after the final sound. Picture several property professionals visiting a house, explaining apartment prices, or advising families about neighborhoods. Useful combinations include “local realtors,” “realtors showed the property,” and “consult several realtors.” The broader term real estate agents describes licensed property agents generally. Capitalized Realtor has a more specific professional use in the United States, referring to a member of the National Association of Realtors, though lowercase realtor is often used more broadly in everyday writing.
例文
Several realtors visited the house today.
今日、数人の不動産業者がその家を訪れました。
The realtors explained the price of the apartments.
不動産業者たちはそのアパートの価格を説明しました。
Local realtors know which areas are popular with families.
地元の不動産業者は家族に人気の地域を知っています。
realtors の類義語・関連語
類義語
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realtors の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語「realis（実在の）」に行為者接尾辞「-tor」を結合した造語です。文字通り「不動産を扱う者」を指し、専門職の称号として1915年に米国で生まれました。同じく「res（物）」由来の「real estate」も、実体のある土地取引という本質を共有しています。
Realtor was coined in the United States in the early twentieth century as a professional designation for someone working in real estate. Its formation is based on realty or real estate, with an agentive ending suggesting a person engaged in that field. Real ultimately traces through Latin realis, “relating to things,” from res, “thing.” Realtors is the regular English plural, created simply by adding -s. In formal association usage, Realtor is a protected designation and is conventionally capitalized.
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