businessman
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From business + -man. Displaced earlier merchant, ultimately from Latin mercāns (“merchant, buyer”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (US) (file) - (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɪznəsmən/, /ˈbɪznɪsmən/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɪznəsmæn/, /ˈbɪznəsmən/
Noun[edit]
businessman (plural businessmen)
- A man in business, one who works at a commercial institution.
- Synonym: (gender-neutral) businessperson
- 2005, “Diamonds From Sierra Leone (Remix)”, in Late Registration, performed by Kanye West ft. Jay-Z:
- I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man
Descendants[edit]
- → French: businessman
- → Irish: fear gnó (calque)
- → Macedonian: бизнисмен (biznismen)
- → Polish: biznesmen
- → Romanian: businessman
- → Russian: бизнесме́н (biznɛsmén)
- → Armenian: բիզնեսմեն (biznesmen)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Slovak: biznismen
Translations[edit]
a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
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See also[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English businessman.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
businessman m (plural businessmen or businessmans, feminine businesswoman)
Further reading[edit]
- “businessman”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English businessman.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈbiz.nɛs.mɛn/, (colloquial) /bizˈnɛs.mɛn/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛsmɛn
- Syllabification: busi‧ness‧man
Noun[edit]
businessman m pers (feminine businesswoman)
Declension[edit]
Declension of businessman
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | businessman | businessmani/businessmany (depreciative) |
genitive | businessmana | businessmanów |
dative | businessmanowi | businessmanom |
accusative | businessmana | businessmanów |
instrumental | businessmanem | businessmanami |
locative | businessmanie | businessmanach |
vocative | businessmanie | businessmani |
Further reading[edit]
- businessman in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- businessman in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English businessman.
Noun[edit]
businessman m (plural businessmeni)
Declension[edit]
Declension of businessman
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) businessman | businessmanul | (niște) businessmeni | businessmenii |
genitive/dative | (unui) businessman | businessmanului | (unor) businessmeni | businessmenilor |
vocative | businessmanule | businessmenilor |
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