bookmaker

English

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊkmeɪkɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

bookmaker (plural bookmakers)

1. A person who prints or binds books.
2. A person who compiles books from the writings of others.
3. (gambling) A person (or a business) who calculates odds and accepts bets, especially on horse racing; a bookie.

Related terms

• make a book
• sportsbook

Translations

a person who prints or binds books

Arabic: مُؤَلِّف m (muʔallif), كَتَّاب (ar) m (kattāb) Finnish: kirjatyöntekijä (fi) German: Druckereiarbeiter m Greek: βιβλιοδέτης (el) m or f (vivliodétis) (bookbinder) Hebrew: מדפיס m (madpís); כורך m (korékh) Hungarian: könyves (hu) Italian: tipografo (it) m, rilegatore m Romanian: legător (ro) m, legătoare (ro) f

a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie

Arabic: مُرَاهِن m (murāhin) Chinese: Mandarin: 賭注登記人 / 赌注登记人 (dǔzhùdēngjìrén), 賭博業者 / 赌博业者 (dǔbóyèzhě) Esperanto: vetperisto Finnish: vedonvälittäjä French: bookmaker (fr) m Georgian: ბუკმეკერი (buḳmeḳeri) German: Buchmacher (de) m, Buchmacherin (de) f, Bookmaker m, Bookie m or f Greek: πράκτορας στοιχημάτων m (práktoras stoichimáton) Hungarian: bukméker (hu) Indonesian: bandar (id) Italian: bookmaker (it) m, allibratore (it) m Japanese: ブックメーカー (bukkumēkā), ブッキー (bukkī) Korean: 마권업자 (magwoneopja), 북메이커 (bungmeikeo), 부키 (buki) Macedonian: букмејкер m (bukmejker) Marathi: सट्टेबाज m (saṭṭebāj) Polish: bukmacher (pl) m Portuguese: agenciador de apostas Romanian: book-maker m Russian: букме́кер (ru) m (bukméker) Spanish: corredor de apuestas m Swedish: bookmaker (sv) c Turkish: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: букме́кер (uk) m (bukméker)

See also

• betting shop
• bookbinding

Further reading

• bookmaker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

bookmaker

Wikipedia ^cs

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bookmaker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbukmɛjkr̩]
• Hyphenation: book‧ma‧ker

Noun

bookmaker m anim (female equivalent bookmakerka)

1. bookmaker (betting)

Declension

Declension of bookmaker (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
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

• “bookmaker”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “bookmaker”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “bookmaker”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz
• “bookmaker”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English bookmaker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buk.mɛ.kœʁ/ ~ /buk.me.kœʁ/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Noun

bookmaker m (plural bookmakers)

1. bookmaker (betting)

Further reading

• “bookmaker”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.