businesswoman

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-West Germanic *bisīg

Old English bisiġ

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-inōną

Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-

Proto-Germanic *-atjaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Germanic *-þuz

Proto-Germanic *-assuz

Proto-Germanic *-inassuz

Proto-West Germanic *-nassī

Old English -nes

Old English bisiġnes

Middle English bisynes

English business

Proto-Germanic *wībą

Proto-West Germanic *wīb

Old English wīf

Proto-Indo-European *mon-

Proto-Germanic *mann-

Proto-West Germanic *mann

Old English mann

Old English wīfmann

Middle English woman

Middle English -woman

English -woman

English businesswoman

From business + -woman.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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Noun

businesswoman (plural businesswomen)

1. A woman involved in business.

Hypernyms

• businessperson

Descendants

• → French: businesswoman
• → Polish: bizneswoman
• → Russian: бизнесву́мен (biznesvúmen)

Translations

woman of business

• Arabic: تَاجِرَة f (tājira)
• Belarusian: бізнесме́нка f (biznjesmjénka), бізнэсмэ́нка f (biznesménka), дзелава́я жанчы́на f (dzjelavája žančýna), прадпрыма́льніца f (pradprymálʹnica), бізнэс-ле́дзі f (biznes-ljédzi)
• Bulgarian: делова́ жена́ f (delová žená), би́знес да́ма f (bíznes dáma)
• Chechen: совдегар (sovdegar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 女商人 (nǚshāngrén)

• Cornish: negysydhes f
• Czech: obchodnice f, byznysmanka f, byznysmenka f, podnikatelka f
• Danish: forretningskvinde c
• Dutch: zakenvrouw (nl) f
• Esperanto: aferistino
• Estonian: ärinaine
• Finnish: bisnesnainen
• French: femme d'affaires (fr) f, businesswoman (fr) f
• German: Geschäftsfrau (de) f, Unternehmerin (de) f
• Greek: επιχειρηματίη (epicheirimatíi)
• Hebrew: אשת־עסקים f (eshet-'asakim)
• Hungarian: üzletasszony (hu)
• Italian: donna d'affari (it) f
• Japanese: 女性実業家 (じょせいじつぎょうか, josei jitsugyōka), ビジネスウーマン (ja) (bijinesuūman)
• Korean: 여자 실업가(女子實業家) (yeoja sireopga)
• Latin: negotiatrix f, negotians m or f
• Latvian: uzņēmēja f
• Lithuanian: verslininkė f
• Macedonian: бизнисме́нка f (biznisménka)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forretningskvinne m or f

• Polish: businesswoman (pl), bizneswoman f, bizneswomen f, biznesmenka f
• Portuguese: mulher de negócios f
• Romanian: femeie de afaceri f, afaceristă (ro) f
• Russian: делова́я же́нщина f (delovája žénščina), же́нщина-бизнесме́н f (žénščina-biznɛsmén), бизнесву́мен (ru) f (biznɛsvúmɛn), предпринима́тельница (ru) f (predprinimátelʹnica), коммерса́нтка (ru) f (kommersántka), бизнесме́нка (ru) f (biznɛsménka), бизнесме́нша (ru) f (biznɛsménša), бизнес-ле́ди (ru) f (biznɛs-lédi)
• Slovak: obchodníčka f, podnikateľka f
• Spanish: mujer de negocios f, negocianta f
• Swedish: affärskvinna (sv) c
• Turkish: iş kadını (tr)
• Ukrainian: ділова́ жі́нка f (dilová žínka), бізнесме́нка f (biznesménka), підприє́мниця f (pidpryjémnycja), бізнес-ле́ді (uk) f (biznes-lédi)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biz.nɛ.swo.mən/ ~ /biz.ne.swo.mən/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

businesswoman f (plural businesswomans or businesswomen, masculine businessman)

1. businesswoman

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-West Germanic *bisīg

Old English bisiġ

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-inōną

Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-

Proto-Germanic *-atjaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Germanic *-þuz

Proto-Germanic *-assuz

Proto-Germanic *-inassuz

Proto-West Germanic *-nassī

Old English -nes

Old English bisiġnes

Middle English bisynes

English business

Proto-Germanic *wībą

Proto-West Germanic *wīb

Old English wīf

Proto-Indo-European *mon-

Proto-Germanic *mann-

Proto-West Germanic *mann

Old English mann

Old English wīfmann

Middle English woman

Middle English -woman

English -woman

English businesswomanubor.

Polish businesswoman

Unadapted borrowing from English businesswoman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiz.nɛs.wu.mɛn/, /biz.nɛˈswu.mɛn/
• Rhymes: -iznɛswumɛn, -umɛn
• Syllabification: busi‧ness‧wo‧man

Noun

businesswoman f (indeclinable)

1. (business) alternative spelling of bizneswoman

Further reading

• “businesswoman”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “businesswoman”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)