tycoon

C1 Topic:People & Society

US /taɪˈkuːn/ See IPA manual

noun name Freq #19805

Meanings

1

noun
A wealthy and powerful business person.

The oil tycoon owns companies on three continents.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a wealthy and powerful... captain of industrymagnate mogul

Word family

Forms tycoons

Derived forms tycoonocracytycoonocrat

Related forms taipan

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 大君(たいくん) (taikun, “great lord, prince”), a title for the shōgun. Related to taipan, from Cantonese 大班 (daai⁶ baan¹). The game sense was derived from the use of tycoon in titles of games in which one plays a tycoon (e.g., RollerCoaster Tycoon).

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# tycoon

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun, name
**IPA (US):** taɪˈkuːn
**Frequency rank:** 19805

## Meanings
1. A wealthy and powerful business person.

## Examples
- The oil tycoon owns companies on three continents.

## Derived Forms
- tycoonocracy
- tycoonocrat

## Related Forms
- taipan

## Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 大君(たいくん) (taikun, “great lord, prince”), a title for the shōgun. Related to taipan, from Cantonese 大班 (daai⁶ baan¹). The game sense was derived from the use of tycoon in titles of games in which one plays a tycoon (e.g., RollerCoaster Tycoon).

## AI Etymology
Tycoon is borrowed from Japanese 大君(たいくん) (taikun, “great lord, prince”), a title for the shōgun. Related to taipan, from Cantonese 大班 (daai⁶ baan¹). The game sense was derived from the use of tycoon in titles of games in which one plays a tycoon (e.g., RollerCoaster Tycoon). In present-day use, it means a wealthy and powerful business person. Related forms include taipan. Derived formations include tycoonocracy, tycoonocrat.

## Topics
- People & Society

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