bookmaker

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊkmeɪkəɹ/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

Noun

bookmaker (plural bookmakers)

1. A person who prints or binds books.
2. A person who compiles books from the writings of others.
3. (gambling) 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

Arabic: مُؤَلِّف‎ m (muʾallif), كَتَّاب‎ (ar) m (kattāb) Finnish: kirjatyöntekijä German: Druckereiarbeiter m Greek: βιβλιοδέτης (el) m or f (vivliodétis) (bookbinder) Hebrew: מדפיס‎ m (madpís); כורך‎ m (korékh) 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

Arabic: مُرَاهِن‎ m (murāhin) Chinese: Mandarin: 賭注登記人／赌注登记人 (dǔzhùdēngjìrén), 賭博業者／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) Italian: bookmaker (it) m, allibratore (it) m Japanese: ブックメーカー (bukkumēkā), ブッキー (bukkī) Korean: 마권업자 (magwoneopja), 북메이커 (bungmeikeo), 부키 (buki) Macedonian: букмејкер m (bukmejker) 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 Ukrainian: букме́кер (uk) m (bukméker)

See also

• bookbinding
• betting shop

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French

Etymology

From English bookmaker.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

bookmaker m (plural bookmakers)

1. bookmaker (betting)

Further reading

• “bookmaker”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bookmaker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bukˈmɛ.ker/[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛker

Noun

bookmaker m (invariable)

1. bookmaker (betting)

   Synonym: allibratore

References

1. bookmaker in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)