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)

1. The entertainment industry.

Derived terms

• Shoah business
• there's no business like show business

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)

1. showbusiness (the entertainment industry)

   Synonym: showbiz