noun
Meaning 1
The entertainment industry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
showbusiness
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Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /ˈʃoʊˌbɪznɪs/
History
Etymology
Compound of show + business.
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: շոու բիզնես (šou biznes) — entertainment industry
- Chinese Mandarin: 娛樂圈 /娱乐圈 (yúlèquān) — entertainment industry
- Chinese Mandarin: 演藝圈 /演艺圈 (yǎnyìquān) — entertainment industry
- Chinese Mandarin: 演藝界 /演艺界 (yǎnyìjiè) — entertainment industry
- Chinese Mandarin: 娛樂界 /娱乐界 (yúlèjiè) — entertainment industry
- Czech: showbyznys — entertainment industry
- Dutch: showbusiness — entertainment industry
- Dutch: showbizz — entertainment industry
- Finnish: viihdeala — entertainment industry
- French: industrie du spectacle — entertainment industry
- French: industrie du divertissement — entertainment industry
- French: show business — entertainment industry
- French: show-biz — entertainment industry
- French: people — entertainment industry
- Georgian: შოუბიზნესი (šoubiznesi) — entertainment industry
- Georgian: შოუ-ბიზნესი (šou-biznesi) — entertainment industry
- German: Showbusiness — entertainment industry
- Italian: industria dell'intrattenimento — entertainment industry
- Italian: industria dello spettacolo — entertainment industry
- Japanese: ショービジネス (shōbijinesu) — entertainment industry
- Malay: dunia hiburan — entertainment industry
- Norwegian Bokmål: underholdningsbransjen — entertainment industry
- Norwegian Bokmål: underholdningsindustri — entertainment industry
- Polish: show-biznes — entertainment industry
- Portuguese: showbusiness — entertainment industry
- Portuguese: show business — entertainment industry
- Portuguese: showbiz — entertainment industry
- Portuguese: show biz — entertainment industry
- Portuguese: show-biz — entertainment industry
- Portuguese: showbizz — entertainment industry
- Russian: шоу-би́знес (šou-bíznɛs) — entertainment industry
- Russian: инду́стрия развлече́ний (indústrija razvlečénij) — entertainment industry
- Slovak: šoubiznis — entertainment industry
- Spanish: show business — entertainment industry
- Vietnamese: giới giải trí — entertainment industry
- Vietnamese: showbiz — entertainment industry