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English
Etymology
Compound of show + business.
Pronunciation
Noun
showbusiness (uncountable)
- The entertainment industry.
Derived terms
Translations
entertainment industry
- Armenian: շոու բիզնես (hy) (šou biznes)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 娛樂圈／娱乐圈 (yúlèquān), 演藝圈／演艺圈 (zh) (yǎnyìquān), 演藝界／演艺界 (yǎnyìjiè), 娛樂界／娱乐界 (yúlèjiè)
- Czech: showbyznys m
- Dutch: showbusiness (nl) m, showbizz (nl) m
- Finnish: viihdeala
- French: industrie du spectacle f, industrie du divertissement f, show business (fr) m, show-biz (fr) m, people (fr) m
- Georgian: შოუბიზნესი (šoubiznesi), შოუ-ბიზნესი (šou-biznesi)
- German: Showbusiness (de) n
- Italian: industria dell'intrattenimento f, industria dello spettacolo f
- Japanese: ショービジネス (shōbijinesu)
- Malay: dunia hiburan
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: underholdningsbransjen, underholdningsindustri
- Polish: show-biznes m
- Portuguese: showbusiness m, show business m, showbiz (pt) m, show biz m, show-biz m, showbizz m
- Russian: шоу-би́знес (ru) m (šou-bíznɛs), инду́стрия развлече́ний f (indústrija razvlečénij)
- Slovak: šoubiznis m
- Spanish: show business m
- Vietnamese: giới giải trí, showbiz
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Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English showbusiness.
Noun
showbusiness m (uncountable)
- showbusiness (the entertainment industry)
- Synonym: showbiz