businessman

businessman

English

Etymology

From business +‎ -man. Displaced earlier merchant, ultimately from Latin mercāns (“merchant, buyer”).

Pronunciation

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪznəsmən/, /ˈbɪznɪsmən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪznəsmæn/, /ˈbɪznəsmən/

Noun

businessman (plural businessmen)

1. 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

• → French: businessman
• → Irish: fear gnó (calque)
• → Macedonian: бизнисмен (biznismen)
• → Polish: biznesmen
• → Romanian: businessman
• → Russian: бизнесме́н (biznɛsmén)
  • → Armenian: բիզնեսմեն (biznesmen)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бѝзнисмен

  Latin: bìznismen

• → Slovak: biznismen

Translations

a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution

Albanian: biznesmen m Arabic: رَجُل أَعْمَال‎ (ar) m (rajul ʾaʿmāl), تَاجِر‎ m (tājir) Armenian: գործարար (hy) (gorcarar), բիզնեսմեն (hy) (biznesmen) Azerbaijani: biznesmen Basque: enpresaburu (eu), enpresari (eu) Belarusian: бізнэсмэ́н m (biznesmén), прадпрыма́льнік m (pradprymálʹnik) Bulgarian: би́знесмен m (bíznesmen) Burmese: စီးပွားရေးသမား (my) (ci:pwa:re:sa.ma:) Chechen: совдегар (sowdegar) Chinese: Cantonese: 商人 (soeng1 jan4) Mandarin: 商人 (zh) (shāngrén) Czech: obchodník (cs) m, podnikatel (cs) m Danish: forretningsmand c Dutch: zakenman (nl) m Esperanto: aferisto Estonian: ärimees Finnish: liikemies (fi), bisnesmies (fi) French: homme d'affaires (fr) m Galician: empresario m, home de negocios m, negociante m or f Georgian: ბიზნესმენი (biznesmeni) German: Geschäftsmann (de) m, Unternehmer (de) m Greek: επιχειρηματίας (el) m or f (epicheirimatías) Hebrew: אִישׁ עַסָקִים‎ m ('ish asakím) Hindi: व्यापारी (hi) m (vyāpārī), व्यवसायी (hi) m (vyavsāyī) Hungarian: üzletember (hu) Icelandic: kaupsýslumaður m Indonesian: pengusaha (id) Interlingua: homine de affaires, homine de negotios, negotiante Irish: fear gnó m Italian: uomo d'affari (it) m, affarista (it) m Japanese: 実業家 (じつぎょうか, jitsugyōka), ビジネスマン (bijinesuman) Kazakh: бизнесмен (biznesmen) Khmer: ឈ្មួញ (km) (chmuəñ), តាយប៉ាន (taay paan), ថៅកែ (km) (thaw kae), ពាណិជ (km) (piənɨc), វោហារុបជីវី (km) (voohaarupaʼciivii) Kikuyu: muonjoria class 1 Korean: 실업가(實業家) (ko) (sireopga) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: bazirgan (ku), karsaz (ku), ticar (ku), esnaf (ku), tacir (ku) Lao: ນັກທຸລະກິດ (nak thu la kit) Latin: negōtiātor m, negotians m or f Latvian: biznesmenis m, uzņēmējs m Lithuanian: verslininkas m Macedonian: бизнисмен m (biznismen) Malay: peniaga, ahli perniagaan Maori: kaipakihi Mongolian: Cyrillic: наймаач (mn) (najmaač), бизнесмен (mn) (biznesmen) Norwegian: Bokmål: forretningsmann m Nynorsk: forretningsmann m Persian: تاجر‎ (fa) (tâjer), بازرگان‎ (fa) (bâzargân) Polish: biznesmen (pl) m, przedsiębiorca (pl) m, człowiek interesów m Portuguese: empresário (pt) m, homem de negócios m, negociante (pt) m or f Romanian: om de afaceri m, businessman (ro) m, afacerist (ro) m Russian: предпринима́тель (ru) m (predprinimátelʹ), бизнесме́н (ru) m (biznɛsmén), делово́й челове́к m (delovój čelovék) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: бѝзнисмен m Roman: bìznismen (sh) m Slovak: obchodník m, podnikateľ m Slovene: poslovnež (sl) m Spanish: hombre de negocios m, empresario (es) m, negociante (es) m or f Swedish: affärsman (sv) c Tagalog: negosyante Tajik: соҳибкор (sohibkor), тоҷир (tojir), бозаргон (bozargon) Thai: นักธุรกิจ (nák-tú-rá-gìt) Tibetan: ཚོང་པ (tshong pa) Turkish: iş adamı (tr) Ukrainian: бізнесме́н (uk) m (biznesmén), підприє́мець m (pidpryjémecʹ) Uyghur: ئوقەتچى‎ (oqetchi), تىجرەتچى‎ (tijretchi) Uzbek: biznesmen (uz) Vietnamese: thương gia (vi), doanh nhân Volapük: büsidan (vo) Welsh: dyn busnes

See also

• entrepreneur

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English businessman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biz.nɛs.man/

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Noun

businessman m (plural businessmen or businessmans, feminine businesswoman)

1. businessman

Further reading

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

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Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English businessman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiz.nɛs.mɛn/, (colloquial) /bizˈnɛs.mɛn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛsmɛn
• Syllabification: busi‧ness‧man

Noun

businessman m pers (feminine businesswoman)

1. (business) Alternative spelling of biznesmen.

Declension

Declension of businessman

	singular	plural
nominative	businessman	businessmani
genitive	businessmana	businessmanów
dative	businessmanowi	businessmanom
accusative	businessmana	businessmanów
instrumental	businessmanem	businessmanami
locative	businessmanie	businessmanach
vocative	businessmanie	businessmani

Further reading

• businessman in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• businessman in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

From English businessman.

Noun

businessman m (plural businessmeni)

1. businessman

Declension

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