bookmaker
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English bokmakere, boke maker, equivalent to book + maker. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. where does the second meaning come from?
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bookmaker (plural bookmakers)
- A person who prints or binds books.
- A person who compiles books from the writings of others.
- (gambling) A person (or a business) who calculates odds and accepts bets, especially on horse racing; a bookie.
Related terms edit
Translations edit
a person who prints or binds books
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a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie
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See also edit
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English bookmaker.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bookmaker m anim (feminine bookmakerka)
- bookmaker (betting)
Declension edit
Declension of bookmaker (hard masculine animate)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | bookmaker | bookmakeři |
genitive | bookmakera | bookmakerů |
dative | bookmakerovi, bookmakeru | bookmakerům |
accusative | bookmakera | bookmakery |
vocative | bookmakere | bookmakeři |
locative | bookmakerovi, bookmakeru | bookmakerech |
instrumental | bookmakerem | bookmakery |
Further reading edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English bookmaker.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bookmaker m (plural bookmakers)
- bookmaker (betting)
Further reading edit
- “bookmaker”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English bookmaker.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bookmaker m (invariable)
- bookmaker (betting)
- Synonym: allibratore
References edit
- ^ bookmaker in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)