different between tycoon vs taipan
tycoon
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese ?? (taikun, “great lord / prince”), a title for the sh?gun. Related to taipan, from Cantonese ?? (daai6 baan1).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta??ku?n/
- Rhymes: -u?n
Noun
tycoon (plural tycoons)
- A wealthy and powerful business person.
- Synonyms: captain of industry, magnate, mogul
Derived terms
- tycoonocracy
- tycoonocrat
Related terms
- daimy?
- taipan
Translations
Further reading
- tycoon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- coonty
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English, from Japanese ?? (taikun, “great prince”), a title for the sh?gun, from the Chinese root ? (“big, great”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taj.kun/
Noun
tycoon m (plural tycoons)
- tycoon, magnate
Synonyms
- magnat
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taipan
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?t??pan/
Etymology 1
From Cantonese ?? (daai6 baan1, “big shot, rich businessman”), originally as taepan. Related to tycoon, from Japanese ?? (taikun) – the first half of both comes from the Chinese root ? (“big, great”).
Alternative forms
- taepan (historical)
- tai-pan
- typan (historical)
Noun
taipan (plural taipans)
- A foreign businessman in China; a tycoon. [from 19th c.]
- 1922, W. Somerset Maugham, "The Taipan":
- Of course it was very sad, but the taipan could hardly help a smile when he thought how many of these young fellows he had drunk underground.
- 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, p. 438:
- The British taipans stood in one sodden circle with their womenfolk, like bored officers at a garrison get-together.
- 1922, W. Somerset Maugham, "The Taipan":
Usage notes
Relatively narrow usage, and somewhat dated (early/mid 20th century); primarily known outside of China due to use in fiction set in Hong Kong, notably The Taipan (1922) by Somerset Maugham and Tai-Pan (1966) by James Clavell. Even in Hong Kong, the more globally widespread (and distantly related) tycoon is more common today.
Related terms
- tycoon
Etymology 2
From the name of the Thaypan tribe of Aboriginal people of central Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia, or from Wik-Mungkan tay-pan (or dhayban).
Noun
taipan (plural taipans)
- Any venomous elapid snake of the genus Oxyuranus, found in Australia and New Guinea. [from 20th c.]
Derived terms
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Aptian, patina, pinata, piñata
Indonesian
Etymology
From Cantonese ?? (daai6 baan1, “big shot, rich businessman”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?t?ai?pan]
- Hyphenation: tai?pan
Noun
taipan (plural taipan-taipan, first-person possessive taipanku, second-person possessive taipanmu, third-person possessive taipannya)
- taipan, tycoon: A wealthy and powerful business person.
- Synonyms: konglomerat, taiko
Further reading
- “taipan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Portuguese
Noun
taipan f (plural taipans)
- taipan (venomous snake of the genus Oxyuranus)
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