businessman

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

127 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: biznesmen — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Arabic: رَجُل أَعْمَال (rajul ʔaʕmāl) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Arabic: تَاجِر (tājir) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Armenian: գործարար (gorcarar) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Armenian: բիզնեսմեն (biznesmen) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Azerbaijani: biznesmen — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Azerbaijani: iş adamı — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Basque: enpresaburu — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Basque: enpresari — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Belarusian: бізнесме́н (biznjesmjén) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Belarusian: бізнэсмэ́н (biznesmén) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Belarusian: прадпрыма́льнік (pradprymálʹnik) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Bulgarian: би́знесмен (bíznesmen) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Burmese: စီးပွားရေးသမား (ci:pwa:re:sa.ma:) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Catalan: empresari — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Catalan: home de negocis — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Chechen: совдегар (sovdegar) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Chinese Cantonese: 商人 (soeng1 jan4) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Chinese Mandarin: 商人 (shāngrén) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Czech: obchodník — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Czech: podnikatel — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Danish: forretningsmand — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Dutch: zakenman — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Esperanto: aferisto — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Estonian: ärimees — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Finnish: liikemies — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Finnish: bisnesmies — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• French: homme d'affaires — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Galician: empresario — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Galician: home de negocios — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Galician: negociante — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Georgian: ბიზნესმენი (biznesmeni) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• German: Geschäftsmann — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• German: Unternehmer — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Greek: επιχειρηματίας (epicheirimatías) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Hebrew: אִישׁ עַסָקִים ('ish asakím) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Hindi: व्यापारी (vyāpārī) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Hindi: व्यवसायी (vyavsāyī) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Hindi: कारोबारी (kārobārī) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Hungarian: üzletember — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Icelandic: kaupsýslumaður — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Indonesian: pengusaha — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Indonesian: usahawan — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Indonesian: usahawati — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Interlingua: homine de affaires — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Interlingua: homine de negotios — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Interlingua: negotiante — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Irish: fear gnó — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Italian: uomo d'affari — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Italian: affarista — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Japanese: 実業家 (jitsugyōka) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Japanese: ビジネスマン (bijinesuman) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Kazakh: бизнесмен (biznesmen) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Kazakh: кәсіпкер (käsıpker) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Kazakh: саудагер (saudager) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Khmer: ឈ្មួញ (chmuəñ) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Khmer: តាយប៉ាន (taay paan) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Khmer: ថៅកែ — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Khmer: ពាណិជ (piənɨc) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Khmer: វោហារុបជីវី (voohaarupaʼciivii) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Kikuyu: muonjoria — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Korean: 실업가 (sireopga) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Korean: 비즈니스맨 (bijeuniseumaen) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Northern Kurdish: bazirgan — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Northern Kurdish: karsaz — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Northern Kurdish: ticar — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Northern Kurdish: esnaf — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Northern Kurdish: tacir — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Kyrgyz: бизнесмен (biznesmen) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Kyrgyz: бизнесчи (biznesci) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Lao: ນັກທຸລະກິດ (nak thu la kit) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Latin: negōtiātor — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Latin: negotians — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Latvian: biznesmenis — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Latvian: uzņēmējs — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Lithuanian: verslininkas — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Macedonian: стопа́нственик (stopánstvenik) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Macedonian: би́знисмен (bíznismen) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Malay: peniaga — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Malay: ahli perniagaan — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Māori: kaipakihi — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Mongolian: наймаач (najmaač) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Mongolian: бизнесмен (biznesmen) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Norwegian Bokmål: forretningsmann — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Norwegian Nynorsk: forretningsmann — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Iranian Persian: بَازَرْگان (bâzargân) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Iranian Persian: تاجِر (tâjer) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Polish: biznesmen — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Polish: przedsiębiorca — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Polish: człowiek interesów — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Portuguese: empresário — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Portuguese: homem de negócios — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Portuguese: negociante — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Romanian: om de afaceri — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Romanian: businessman — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Romanian: afacerist — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Russian: предпринима́тель (predprinimátelʹ) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Russian: бизнесме́н (biznɛsmén) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Russian: делово́й челове́к (delovój čelovék) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Serbo-Croatian: бѝзнисмен — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Serbo-Croatian: bìznismen — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Slovak: obchodník — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Slovak: podnikateľ — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Slovene: poslovnež — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Spanish: hombre de negocios — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Spanish: empresario — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Spanish: negociante — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Swahili: mfanyabiashara — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Swedish: affärsman — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Tagalog: negosyante — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Tajik: соҳибкор (sohibkor) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Tajik: тоҷир (tojir) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Tajik: бозаргон (bozargon) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Thai: นักธุรกิจ (nák-tú-rá-gìt) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Tibetan: ཚོང་པ (tshong pa) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Turkish: iş adamı — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Ukrainian: бізнесме́н (biznesmén) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Ukrainian: підприє́мець (pidpryjémecʹ) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Unami: ahinu — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Urdu: کَاروبارِی (kārobārī) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Uyghur: ئوقەتچى (oqetchi) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Uyghur: تىجرەتچى (tijretchi) — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Uzbek: biznesmen — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Vietnamese: thương gia — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Vietnamese: doanh nhân — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Volapük: büsidan — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
• Welsh: dyn busnes — a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution