showbusiness

See also: show business and Showbusiness

English

Alternative forms

show business
showbiz (clipping)

Etymology

Compound of show +‎ business.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈʃoʊˌbɪznɪs/

Noun

showbusiness (uncountable)

The entertainment industry.

Derived terms

Translations

entertainment industry

Armenian: շոու բիզնես (hy) (šou biznes)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 娛樂圈／娱乐圈 (yúlèquān), 演藝圈／演艺圈 (zh) (yǎnyìquān), 演藝界／演艺界 (yǎnyìjiè), 娛樂界／娱乐界 (yúlèjiè)
Czech: showbyznys m
Dutch: showbusiness (nl) m, showbizz (nl) m
Finnish: viihdeala
French: industrie du spectacle f, industrie du divertissement f, show business (fr) m, show-biz (fr) m, people (fr) m
Georgian: შოუბიზნესი (šoubiznesi), შოუ-ბიზნესი (šou-biznesi)
German: Showbusiness (de) n
Italian: industria dell'intrattenimento f, industria dello spettacolo f
Japanese: ショービジネス (shōbijinesu)
Malay: dunia hiburan
Norwegian:
Bokmål: underholdningsbransjen, underholdningsindustri
Polish: show-biznes m
Portuguese: showbusiness m, show business m, showbiz (pt) m, show biz m, show-biz m, showbizz m
Russian: шоу-би́знес (ru) m (šou-bíznɛs), инду́стрия развлече́ний f (indústrija razvlečénij)
Slovak: šoubiznis m
Spanish: show business m
Vietnamese: giới giải trí, showbiz

Portuguese

Alternative forms

show business

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English showbusiness.

Noun

showbusiness m (uncountable)

showbusiness (the entertainment industry)
Synonym: showbiz

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