tycoon

English

Etymology

From Japanese 大君 (たいくん, taikun), a title for the shogun.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tai.ˈkuːn/, X-SAMPA: /tai"ku:n/
• Other 1: (tīko͞onʹ)
• Other 2: tigh-KOON
• Rhymes: -uːn

Noun

tycoon (plural tycoons)

1. A wealthy and powerful business person.

   Chairman Yu is a tycoon who owns multiple hotel chains.

Synonyms

• captain of industry, magnate, mogul

Translations

wealthy, powerful business person

Chinese: Mandarin: 大亨 (zh) (dàhēng), 巨頭 (zh), 巨头 (zh) (jùtóu), 財閥 (zh), 财阀 (zh) (cáifá), (colloquial) 大款 (zh) (dàkuǎn) Dutch: magnaat Finnish: pohatta (fi), suurliikemies (fi) French: magnat (fr) m. German: Magnat (de) m., Tycoon (de) m. Hungarian: iparmágnás (hu)

Italian: magnate (it) m. Japanese: 巨頭 (ja) (きょとう, kyotō) Korean: 거물 (ko) Manx: ard-ghelleyder (gv) m. Portuguese: magnata (pt) Russian: магнат (ru) (magnát) m. Serbo-Croatian: tajkun (sh), magnat (sh) Spanish: magnate (es) Vietnamese: trùm tư bản (vi), vua tư bản (vi)

See also

• Wikipedia article on tycoons