businessman
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English
Etymology
From business + -man. Displaced earlier merchant, ultimately from Latin mercāns (“merchant, buyer”).
Pronunciation
Audio (US): (file) - (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɪznəsmən/, /ˈbɪznɪsmən/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɪznəsmæn/, /ˈbɪznəsmən/
Noun
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
- 2012 March 23, Colm Kelpie, “Claim of 'whip-around' by friends rubbished”, in Irish Independent:
- BERTIE Ahern's explanation that he received an envelope stuffed with £8,000 in cash following a whip-around by a group of Manchester-based businessmen was branded untrue by the Mahon Tribunal.
- 2017 September 30, Ross Douthat, “Speaking Ill of Hugh Hefner”, in The New York Times:
- Needless to say the obituaries for Hefner, even if they acknowledge the seaminess, have been full of encomia for his great deeds: Hef the vanquisher of puritanism, Hef the political progressive, Hef the great businessman and all the rest.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → French: businessman
- → Irish: fear gnó (calque)
- → Macedonian: би́знисмен (bíznismen)
- → Polish: biznesmen
- → Romanian: businessman
- → Russian: бизнесме́н (biznɛsmén)
- → Armenian: բիզնեսմեն (biznesmen)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Slovak: biznismen
Translations
a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
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See also
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English businessman.
Pronunciation
Noun
businessman m (plural businessmen or businessmans, feminine businesswoman)
Further reading
- “businessman”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English businessman.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbiz.nɛs.mɛn/, (colloquial) /bizˈnɛs.mɛn/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -iznɛsmɛn, -ɛsmɛn
- Syllabification: busi‧ness‧man
Noun
businessman m pers (female equivalent businesswoman)
Declension
Declension of businessman
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | businessman | businessmani/businessmany (deprecative) |
| 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
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from English businessman.
Noun
businessman m (plural businessmeni)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | businessman | businessmanul | businessmeni | businessmenii | |
| genitive-dative | businessman | businessmanului | businessmeni | businessmenilor | |
| vocative | businessmanule | businessmenilor | |||