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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English bokmakere, boke maker, equivalent to book + maker. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. where does the second meaning come from?
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bookmaker (plural bookmakers)
- A person who prints or binds books.
- A person who compiles books from the writings of others.
- (gambling) A person (or a business) who calculates odds and accepts bets, especially on horse racing; a bookie.
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Translations[edit]
a person who prints or binds books
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a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
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See also[edit]
Czech[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English bookmaker.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bookmaker m anim (feminine bookmakerka)
- bookmaker (betting)
Declension[edit]
Declension of bookmaker (hard masculine animate)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | bookmaker | bookmakeři |
genitive | bookmakera | bookmakerů |
dative | bookmakerovi, bookmakeru | bookmakerům |
accusative | bookmakera | bookmakery |
vocative | bookmakere | bookmakeři |
locative | bookmakerovi, bookmakeru | bookmakerech |
instrumental | bookmakerem | bookmakery |
Further reading[edit]
- bookmaker in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- bookmaker in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- bookmaker in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012-, slovnikcestiny.cz
- bookmaker in Internetová jazyková příručka
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English bookmaker.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bookmaker m (plural bookmakers)
- bookmaker (betting)
Further reading[edit]
- “bookmaker”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English bookmaker.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bookmaker m (invariable)
- bookmaker (betting)
- Synonym: allibratore
References[edit]
- ^ bookmaker in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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