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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈtʌɪpan/ [UK] Forms: taipans [plural]
Etymology: From Cantonese 大班 (daai⁶ baan¹, “big shot, rich businessman”), originally as taepan. Related to tycoon, from Japanese 大君(たいくん) (taikun). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|yue|大班||big shot, rich businessman}} Cantonese 大班 (daai⁶ baan¹, “big shot, rich businessman”), {{ja-r|大君|たいくん}} 大君(たいくん) (taikun) Head templates: {{en-noun}} taipan (plural taipans)
  1. A foreign businessman in China; a tycoon. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-taipan-en-noun-5rTr2aPz Disambiguation of People: 40 37 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Thai translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 41 45 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 23 35 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 36 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 22 37 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 20 37 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 24 38 38
  2. (Philippines) A tycoon (usually of Chinese Filipino background) Tags: Philippines Categories (topical): People
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: taepan [archaic], tai-pan, typan [archaic] Related terms: tycoon
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈtʌɪpan/ [UK] Forms: taipans [plural]
Etymology: 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). Etymology templates: {{taxlink|Oxyuranus microlepidotus|species}} Oxyuranus microlepidotus, {{bor|en|wim|thaypan|tay-pan}} Wik-Mungkan tay-pan Head templates: {{en-noun}} taipan (plural taipans)
  1. Any venomous elapid snake of the genus Oxyuranus, found in Australia and New Guinea. Categories (topical): People Categories (lifeform): Elapid snakes Derived forms: Central Ranges taipan, coastal taipan, inland taipan, western taipan, Papuan taipan Translations (venomous snake of the genus Oxyuranus): тайпаны (tajpany) (Belarusian), тайпан (tajpan) (Bulgarian), 太攀蛇 (tàipānshé) (Chinese Mandarin), taipan (Czech), myrkkytarhakäärme (Finnish), taipaanit (Finnish), Taipane (German), タイパン (taipan) (Japanese), 타이판독사 (taipandoksa) (Korean), taipanai (Lithuanian), taipan [feminine] (Portuguese), тайпа́н (tajpán) [masculine] (Russian), тајпан (Serbo-Croatian), tajpan (Slovene), สกุลงูไทปัน (Thai), taipan (Turkish), thaypan (Wik-Mungkan)
    Sense id: en-taipan-en-noun-WNkUJhjM Disambiguation of People: 40 37 22 Disambiguation of Elapid snakes: 17 22 61 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Hong Kong English, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Wik-Mungkan translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 41 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 29 49 Disambiguation of Hong Kong English: 28 30 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 21 30 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 33 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 22 33 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 23 35 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 20 32 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 36 43 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 24 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 22 23 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 20 35 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 22 37 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 19 31 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 20 37 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 22 23 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 20 35 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 20 35 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 24 38 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 20 35 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Wik-Mungkan translations: 19 28 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Indonesian]

IPA: [ˈt̪ai̯pan] Forms: taipan-taipan [plural], taipanku [first-person, possessive], taipanmu [possessive, second-person], taipannya [possessive, third-person]
Etymology: From Cantonese 大班 (daai6 baan1, “big shot, rich businessman”). Etymology templates: {{bor|id|yue|-}} Cantonese, {{zh-l|大班|gloss=big shot, rich businessman|tr=daai6 baan1}} 大班 (daai6 baan1, “big shot, rich businessman”) Head templates: {{id-noun|head=|pl=taipan-taipan}} taipan (plural taipan-taipan, first-person possessive taipanku, second-person possessive taipanmu, third-person possessive taipannya)
  1. taipan, tycoon: A wealthy and powerful business person. Wikipedia link: id:taipan Synonyms: konglomerat, taiko

Noun [Portuguese]

Forms: taipans [plural]
Head templates: {{pt-noun|f|#s}} taipan f (plural taipans)
  1. taipan (venomous snake of the genus Oxyuranus) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-taipan-pt-noun-iV6CcO0L Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "coastal taipan"
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      "word": "inland taipan"
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      "word": "тайпаны"
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      "word": "тайпан"
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      "word": "太攀蛇"
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      "word": "myrkkytarhakäärme"
    },
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      "word": "taipaanit"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "venomous snake of the genus Oxyuranus",
      "word": "Taipane"
    },
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      "sense": "venomous snake of the genus Oxyuranus",
      "word": "タイパン"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "taipandoksa",
      "sense": "venomous snake of the genus Oxyuranus",
      "word": "타이판독사"
    },
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      "sense": "venomous snake of the genus Oxyuranus",
      "word": "taipanai"
    },
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      "sense": "venomous snake of the genus Oxyuranus",
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      "sense": "venomous snake of the genus Oxyuranus",
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      ],
      "word": "тайпа́н"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "venomous snake of the genus Oxyuranus",
      "word": "тајпан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "venomous snake of the genus Oxyuranus",
      "word": "tajpan"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "venomous snake of the genus Oxyuranus",
      "word": "สกุลงูไทปัน"
    },
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "venomous snake of the genus Oxyuranus",
      "word": "taipan"
    },
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    }
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}

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}

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