"zaibatsu" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈzaɪˌbætsu/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-zaibatsu.wav [Southern-England] Forms: zaibatsus [plural], zaibatsu [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 財閥(ざいばつ) (zaibatsu), coined from Middle Chinese 財 (d͡zoj, “wealth”) + 閥 (bjot, “powerful family”). Compare Korean 재벌(財閥) (jaebeol). Doublet of chaebol and jaebol. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|-}} Japanese, {{ja-r|財閥|ざいばつ}} 財閥(ざいばつ) (zaibatsu), {{der|en|ltc|財|gloss=wealth|tr=d͡zoj}} Middle Chinese 財 (d͡zoj, “wealth”), {{cog|ko|재벌(財閥)}} Korean 재벌(財閥) (jaebeol), {{doublet|en|chaebol|jaebol}} Doublet of chaebol and jaebol Head templates: {{en-noun|s|zaibatsu}} zaibatsu (plural zaibatsus or zaibatsu)
  1. (economics) A Japanese ‘money clique’ or conglomerate; (by extension) in the United States, any large corporation. Categories (topical): Economics Related terms: chaebol (english: from the Korean equivalent), keiretsu Translations (a Japanese conglomerate (or South Korean)): 財閥 (Chinese Mandarin), 财阀 (cáifá) [Japanese, South-Korean] (Chinese Mandarin), zaibatsu (Estonian), zaibatsu [masculine] (French), Zaibatsu [neuter] (German), 財閥 (zaibatsu) (alt: ざいばつ) [Japanese, South-Korean] (Japanese), 재벌 (jaebeol) (alt: 財閥) [Japanese, South-Korean] (Korean), дзайба́цу (dzajbácu) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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