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chaebol

UK/ˈt͡ʃeɪbʌl/US/ˈt͡ʃeɪbʌl/

chaebol noun: a large, family-controlled, South Korean business conglomerate.

Noun

chaebol (plural chaebols or chaebol)

  1. A large, family-controlled, South Korean business conglomerate.

chaebol meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Vietnamese

chaebol in Tamil

தன்குடி வணிகம்

chaebol in Bengali

একটি বৃহৎ, দক্ষিণ কোরিয়ার ব্যবসায়িক গোষ্ঠী

chaebol in Vietnamese

large, family-controlled Korean business conglomerate
tài phiệt

Forms of chaebol

pluralchaebols
pluralchaebol
alternative formchaebŏl
alternative formjaebol
alternative formjaebeol

Origin of chaebol

From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 재벌(財閥) (Jaebeol). Doublet of zaibatsu.

Questions about chaebol

What does chaebol mean?
Chaebol means a large, family-controlled, South Korean business conglomerate.
What is chaebol in Tamil?
Chaebol in Tamil is தன்குடி வணிகம். See Chaebol meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chaebol?
Chaebol is a noun.
How do you pronounce chaebol?
Chaebol is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃeɪbʌl/ (UK).
What is the plural of chaebol?
The plural of chaebol is chaebols.

Words near chaebol in the dictionary

  1. Chadwick
  2. Chadwickian
  3. chadwickite
  4. Chadwicks
  5. Chae
  6. chaebol
  7. chaebols
  8. chaebŏl
  9. chaebŏls
  10. Chaelundi
  11. chaenopsid

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: chaebol (page history and authors); chaebol (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chaebol (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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