bookmaker

English

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊkmeɪkəɹ/

Noun

bookmaker (plural bookmakers)

1. A person who prints or binds books.
2. A person who compiles books from the writings of others.
3. A person (or a business) who calculates odds and accepts bets, especially on horse racing; a bookie.

Related terms

• make a book

Translations

a person who prints or binds books

• Finnish: kirjatyöntekijä
• German: Druckereiarbeiter m
• Greek: βιβλιοδέτης (el) m or f (vivliodétis) (bookbinder)
• Hebrew: מדפיס m (madpís); כורך m (korékh)
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• Hungarian: könyves (hu)
• Italian: tipografo (it) m, rilegatore m
• Romanian: legător (ro) m, legătoare (ro) f

a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 賭注登記人／赌注登记人, 赌注登记人 (dǔzhùdēngjìrén), 賭博業者／赌博业者, 赌博业者 (dǔbóyèzhě)

• Finnish: vedonvälittäjä
• French: bookmaker (fr) m
• Georgian: ბუკმეკერი (buḳmeḳeri)
• German: Buchmacher (de) m, Buchmacherin (de) f, Bookmaker m, Bookie m or f
• Greek: πράκτορας στοιχημάτων m (práktoras stoichimáton)
• Hungarian: bukméker (hu)
• Indonesian: bandar (id)
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• Italian: bookmaker m
• Japanese: ブックメーカー (bukkumēkā)
• Polish: bukmacher m
• Portuguese: agenciador de apostas
• Romanian: book-maker m
• Russian: букме́кер (ru) m (bukméker)
• Spanish: corredor de apuestas m
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} allibratore (it) m
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See also

• bookbinding
• betting shop

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English bookmaker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buk.mɛ.kœʁ/, /buk.me.kœʁ/

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Noun

bookmaker m (plural bookmakers)

1. bookmaker (betting)

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English bookmaker.

Noun

bookmaker m (uncountable)

1. bookmaker (betting)

Synonyms

• allibratore