noun
Meaning 1
A woman involved in business.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
businesswoman
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noun
Meaning 2
a female businessperson
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: businessperson, bourgeois
Narrower terms: madam, brothel keeper
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *bisīg Old English bisiġ Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Old English bisiġnes Middle English bisynes English business Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman English businesswoman From business + -woman.
Across languages
Translations
62 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: تَاجِرَة (tājira) — woman of business
- Belarusian: бізнесме́нка (biznjesmjénka) — woman of business
- Belarusian: бізнэсмэ́нка (biznesménka) — woman of business
- Belarusian: дзелава́я жанчы́на (dzjelavája žančýna) — woman of business
- Belarusian: прадпрыма́льніца (pradprymálʹnica) — woman of business
- Belarusian: бізнэс-ле́дзі (biznes-ljédzi) — woman of business
- Bulgarian: делова́ жена́ (delová žená) — woman of business
- Bulgarian: би́знес да́ма (bíznes dáma) — woman of business
- Chechen: совдегар (sovdegar) — woman of business
- Chinese Mandarin: 女商人 (nǚshāngrén) — woman of business
- Cornish: negysydhes — woman of business
- Czech: obchodnice — woman of business
- Czech: byznysmanka — woman of business
- Czech: byznysmenka — woman of business
- Czech: podnikatelka — woman of business
- Danish: forretningskvinde — woman of business
- Dutch: zakenvrouw — woman of business
- Esperanto: aferistino — woman of business
- Estonian: ärinaine — woman of business
- Finnish: bisnesnainen — woman of business
- French: femme d'affaires — woman of business
- French: businesswoman — woman of business
- German: Geschäftsfrau — woman of business
- German: Unternehmerin — woman of business
- Greek: επιχειρηματίη (epicheirimatíi) — woman of business
- Hebrew: אשת־עסקים (eshet-'asakim) — woman of business
- Hungarian: üzletasszony — woman of business
- Italian: donna d'affari — woman of business
- Japanese: 女性実業家 (josei jitsugyōka) — woman of business
- Japanese: ビジネスウーマン (bijinesuūman) — woman of business
- Korean: 여자 실업가 (yeoja sireopga) — woman of business
- Latin: negotiatrix — woman of business
- Latin: negotians — woman of business
- Latvian: uzņēmēja — woman of business
- Lithuanian: verslininkė — woman of business
- Macedonian: бизнисме́нка (biznisménka) — woman of business
- Norwegian Bokmål: forretningskvinne — woman of business
- Polish: businesswoman — woman of business
- Polish: bizneswoman — woman of business
- Polish: bizneswomen — woman of business
- Polish: biznesmenka — woman of business
- Portuguese: mulher de negócios — woman of business
- Romanian: femeie de afaceri — woman of business
- Romanian: afaceristă — woman of business
- Russian: делова́я же́нщина (delovája žénščina) — woman of business
- Russian: же́нщина-бизнесме́н (žénščina-biznɛsmén) — woman of business
- Russian: бизнесву́мен (biznɛsvúmɛn) — woman of business
- Russian: предпринима́тельница (predprinimátelʹnica) — woman of business
- Russian: коммерса́нтка (kommersántka) — woman of business
- Russian: бизнесме́нка (biznɛsménka) — woman of business
- Russian: бизнесме́нша (biznɛsménša) — woman of business
- Russian: бизнес-ле́ди (biznɛs-lédi) — woman of business
- Slovak: obchodníčka — woman of business
- Slovak: podnikateľka — woman of business
- Spanish: mujer de negocios — woman of business
- Spanish: negocianta — woman of business
- Swedish: affärskvinna — woman of business
- Turkish: iş kadını — woman of business
- Ukrainian: ділова́ жі́нка (dilová žínka) — woman of business
- Ukrainian: бізнесме́нка (biznesménka) — woman of business
- Ukrainian: підприє́мниця (pidpryjémnycja) — woman of business
- Ukrainian: бізнес-ле́ді (biznes-lédi) — woman of business
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