noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈt͡ʃeɪbʌl/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈt͡ʃeɪbɒl/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈt͡ʃeɪbəl/
General-American:/ˈt͡ʃeɪbʌl/
General-American:/ˈt͡ʃeɪbɑl/
General-American:/ˈt͡ʃeɪbəl/
rhymes with -eɪbʌl
rhymes with -eɪbɒl
rhymes with -eɪbəl
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noun
Meaning 1
A large, family-controlled, South Korean business conglomerate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 재벌(財閥) (Jaebeol). Doublet of zaibatsu.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chinese Mandarin:
財閥 /财阀
(cáifá)
— large, family-controlled Korean business conglomerate
Finnish:
chaebol
— large, family-controlled Korean business conglomerate
French:
chaebol
— large, family-controlled Korean business conglomerate
German:
Jaebeol
— large, family-controlled Korean business conglomerate
Hungarian:
csebol
— large, family-controlled Korean business conglomerate
Japanese:
財閥
(zaibatsu)
— large, family-controlled Korean business conglomerate
Japanese:
財閥
(cheboru)
— large, family-controlled Korean business conglomerate
Korean:
재벌
(jaebeol)
— large, family-controlled Korean business conglomerate
Polish:
czebol
— large, family-controlled Korean business conglomerate
Portuguese:
chaebol
— large, family-controlled Korean business conglomerate
Russian:
чебо́ль
(čebólʹ)
— large, family-controlled Korean business conglomerate
Spanish:
chaebol
— large, family-controlled Korean business conglomerate
Vietnamese:
tài phiệt
— large, family-controlled Korean business conglomerate
