taipan

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtaɪpæn/ === Etymology 1 === 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). ==== Alternative forms ==== taepan (archaic) tai-pan typan (archaic) ==== Noun ==== taipan (plural taipans) A foreign businessman in China; a tycoon. [from 19th c.] (Philippines) A tycoon (usually of Chinese Filipino background) ===== Usage notes ===== Relatively narrow usage, and somewhat dated (early/mid 20th century); primarily known outside of China due to use in fiction set in Hong Kong, notably The Taipan (1922) by Somerset Maugham and Tai-Pan (1966) by James Clavell. Even in Hong Kong, the more globally widespread (and distantly related) tycoon is more common today. ===== Related terms ===== tycoon === Etymology 2 === 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). ==== Noun ==== taipan (plural taipans) Any venomous elapid snake of the genus Oxyuranus, found in Australia and New Guinea. [from 20th c.] ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === References === === Anagrams === Aptian, patina, pinata, piñata == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Cantonese 大班 (daai6 baan1, “big shot; rich businessman”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtai̯pan/ [ˈt̪ai̯.pan] Rhymes: -ai̯pan Syllabification: tai‧pan === Noun === taipan (plural taipan-taipan) taipan, tycoon: A wealthy and powerful business person Synonyms: konglomerat, taiko === Further reading === “taipan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Portuguese == === Noun === taipan f (plural taipans) taipan (venomous snake of the genus Oxyuranus)