dealer

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English

Etymology

From Middle English delare, from Old English dǣlere, from Proto-West Germanic . By surface analysis, deal +‎ -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Deeler, West Frisian dieler, Dutch deler, German Teiler, Swedish delare.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdiːlə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːlə(ɹ)

Noun

dealer (plural dealers)

  1. One who deals in goods, especially automobiles; a middleman.
    Synonyms: salesman, peddler
    That used car dealer gave me a great deal on my 1962 rusted-out Volkswagen bug!
  2. A drug dealer, one who peddles illicit drugs.
    Synonym: peddler
    • 1967, Leonard Cohen (lyrics and music), “The Stranger Song”, in Songs of Leonard Cohen:
      It's true that all the men you knew were dealers
      Who said they were through with dealing
  3. A particular type of stock broker or trader.
  4. The person who deals the cards in a card game.
  5. One who deals or metes out anything.
    • 2018, Kate Stanley, Practices of Surprise in American Literature after Emerson, page 90:
      Dealt a decisive blow, Newman himself becomes a vengeful dealer of blows, perpetuating the repetitive cycle of repression and eruption []

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

From English dealer. By surface analysis, dealen (to deal drugs) +‎ -er. Doublet of deler.

Pronunciation

Noun

dealer m (plural dealers, diminutive dealertje n)

  1. dealer (seller of automobiles)
    Synonym: autodealer
  2. (informal) drug dealer
    Synonyms: drugsdealer, nachtapotheker

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

< English dealer

Pronunciation

Noun

dealer

  1. Alternative form of diileri.

Declension

Inflection of dealer (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative dealer dealerit
genitive dealerin dealerien
dealereiden
dealereitten
partitive dealeria dealereita
dealereja
illative dealeriin dealereihin
singular plural
nominative dealer dealerit
accusative nom. dealer dealerit
gen. dealerin
genitive dealerin dealerien
dealereiden
dealereitten
partitive dealeria dealereita
dealereja
inessive dealerissa dealereissa
elative dealerista dealereista
illative dealeriin dealereihin
adessive dealerilla dealereilla
ablative dealerilta dealereilta
allative dealerille dealereille
essive dealerina dealereina
translative dealeriksi dealereiksi
abessive dealeritta dealereitta
instructive dealerein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of dealer (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative dealerini dealerini
accusative nom. dealerini dealerini
gen. dealerini
genitive dealerini dealerieni
dealereideni
dealereitteni
partitive dealeriani dealereitani
dealerejani
inessive dealerissani dealereissani
elative dealeristani dealereistani
illative dealeriini dealereihini
adessive dealerillani dealereillani
ablative dealeriltani dealereiltani
allative dealerilleni dealereilleni
essive dealerinani dealereinani
translative dealerikseni dealereikseni
abessive dealerittani dealereittani
instructive
comitative dealereineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative dealerisi dealerisi
accusative nom. dealerisi dealerisi
gen. dealerisi
genitive dealerisi dealeriesi
dealereidesi
dealereittesi
partitive dealeriasi dealereitasi
dealerejasi
inessive dealerissasi dealereissasi
elative dealeristasi dealereistasi
illative dealeriisi dealereihisi
adessive dealerillasi dealereillasi
ablative dealeriltasi dealereiltasi
allative dealerillesi dealereillesi
essive dealerinasi dealereinasi
translative dealeriksesi dealereiksesi
abessive dealerittasi dealereittasi
instructive
comitative dealereinesi

French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English deal, suffixed with -er.

Pronunciation

Verb

dealer

  1. (slang) to deal (drugs)
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English dealer.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

dealer m (plural dealers, feminine dealeuse)

  1. (slang) drug dealer

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English dealer, from Middle English delare, from Old English dǣlere. Doublet of diler.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: dé‧a‧lêr

Noun

dealer (first-person possessive dealerku, second-person possessive dealermu, third-person possessive dealernya)

  1. dealer:
    1. distributor
      Synonyms: agen, bandar, distributor, pemasok, penyalur, penyuplai, tauke, pengedar
    2. drug dealer

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English dealer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdi.lɛr/
  • Rhymes: -ilɛr
  • Syllabification: dea‧ler

Noun

dealer m pers (female equivalent dealerka, related adjective dealerski)

  1. Alternative spelling of diler

Declension

Derived terms

nouns

Further reading

  • dealer in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • dealer in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • dealer in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English dealer.

Noun

dealer m (plural dealeri)

  1. dealer

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English dealer.

Pronunciation

Noun

dealer m (plural dealers)

  1. dealer

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.