businessman
English
Etymology
From business + -man. Displaced earlier merchant, ultimately from Latin mercāns (“merchant, buyer”).
Pronunciation
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
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
- IPA(key): /biz.nɛs.man/
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “businessman”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English businessman.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbiz.nɛs.mɛn/, (colloquial) /bizˈnɛs.mɛn/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -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.
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 | ||
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