"showbusiness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʃoʊˌbɪznɪs/ [US]
Etymology: Compound of show + business. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|en|show|business}} Compound of show + business Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} showbusiness (uncountable)
  1. The entertainment industry. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Entertainment Synonyms: show business, showbiz [clipping] Derived forms: Shoah business, there's no business like show business Translations (entertainment industry): շոու բիզնես (šou biznes) (Armenian), 娛樂圈 (Chinese Mandarin), 娱乐圈 (yúlèquān) (Chinese Mandarin), 演藝圈 (Chinese Mandarin), 演艺圈 (yǎnyìquān) (Chinese Mandarin), 演藝界 (Chinese Mandarin), 演艺界 (yǎnyìjiè) (Chinese Mandarin), 娛樂界 (Chinese Mandarin), 娱乐界 (yúlèjiè) (Chinese Mandarin), showbyznys [masculine] (Czech), showbusiness [masculine] (Dutch), showbizz [masculine] (Dutch), viihdeala (Finnish), industrie du spectacle [feminine] (French), industrie du divertissement [feminine] (French), show business [masculine] (French), show-biz [masculine] (French), people [masculine] (French), შოუბიზნესი (šoubiznesi) (Georgian), შოუ-ბიზნესი (šou-biznesi) (Georgian), Showbusiness [neuter] (German), industria dell'intrattenimento [feminine] (Italian), industria dello spettacolo [feminine] (Italian), ショービジネス (shōbijinesu) (Japanese), dunia hiburan (Malay), underholdningsbransjen (Norwegian Bokmål), underholdningsindustri (Norwegian Bokmål), show-biznes [masculine] (Polish), showbusiness [masculine] (Portuguese), show business [masculine] (Portuguese), showbiz [masculine] (Portuguese), show biz [masculine] (Portuguese), show-biz [masculine] (Portuguese), showbizz [masculine] (Portuguese), шоу-би́знес (šou-bíznɛs) [masculine] (Russian), инду́стрия развлече́ний (indústrija razvlečénij) [feminine] (Russian), šoubiznis [masculine] (Slovak), show business [masculine] (Spanish), giới giải trí (Vietnamese), showbiz (Vietnamese)

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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "entertainment industry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "showbusiness"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "entertainment industry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "show business"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "entertainment industry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "showbiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "entertainment industry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "show biz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "entertainment industry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "show-biz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "entertainment industry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "showbizz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šou-bíznɛs",
      "sense": "entertainment industry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шоу-би́знес"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "indústrija razvlečénij",
      "sense": "entertainment industry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "инду́стрия развлече́ний"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "entertainment industry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "šoubiznis"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "entertainment industry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "show business"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "entertainment industry",
      "word": "giới giải trí"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "entertainment industry",
      "word": "showbiz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "showbusiness"
}

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