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mogul en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈmoʊɡəl/ (US)
• /məˈɡʌl/ (obsolete)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈməʊɡəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Figurative use of Moghul, which originally meant Mongol, or person of Mongolian descent. In this context, it refers to the Mughal Empire (Mughal being Persian or Arabic for "Mongol") of the Indian subcontinent that existed between 1526 and 1857: the early Mughal emperors claimed a heritage dating back to the Mongol ruler Genghis Khan. The modern meaning of the word is supposedly derived from the storied riches of the Mughal emperors, which, for example, produced the Taj Mahal.

Meanings

1. A rich or powerful person; a magnate, nabob.
   • […] Crypto boosterism has a useful bipartisan appeal, garnering popularity among both antigovernment conservatives and socially liberal tech moguls. 2022 January 25, David Yaffe-Bellany, “The Rise of the Crypto Mayors”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • a Silicon Valley tech mogul

Forms

Deriveds

mogulship · moguldom

Synonyms

tycoon · magnate · captain of industry

Translations (23)

ru магна́т (a rich or powerful person) · pt magnata (a rich or powerful person) · es potentado (a rich or powerful person) · zh 大佬 (a rich or powerful person) · mk магна́т (a rich or powerful person) · uk магна́т (a rich or powerful person) · pl potentat (a rich or powerful person) · de Mogul (a rich or powerful person) · mk ма́гнат (a rich or powerful person) · fi moguli (a rich or powerful person) · pl potentantka (a rich or powerful person) · fr magnat (a rich or powerful person) · io mogul (a rich or powerful person) · es mogol (a rich or powerful person) · hu mogul (a rich or powerful person) · sv mogul (a rich or powerful person) · zh 大亨 (a rich or powerful person) · zh 巨头 (a rich or powerful person) · mk мо́гул (a rich or powerful person) · es magnate (a rich or powerful person) · fi pohatta (a rich or powerful person) · nl magnaat (a rich or powerful person) · ca magnat (a rich or powerful person)

mogul en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈmoʊɡəl/ (US)
• /məˈɡʌl/ (obsolete)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈməʊɡəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From dialectal German Mugel or from dialectal Norwegian mugje (“heap, mound”).

Meanings

1. A hump or bump on a skiing piste.
   • On the same slope, choose a steeper traverse track on a short mogul field that passes over a series of small moguls, and repeat the avalement movements. 1995, Martin Heckelman, The New Guide to Skiing, page 109:
2. A larger-sized (39 mm diameter) screw base used for large, high-power light bulbs, known as mogul (screw) base light bulbs.
3. A machine that forms shaped candies from syrups or gels.

Forms

Deriveds

mogulist · mogul skiing · mogully

Translations (11)

cs mulda (a hump on a skiing piste) · ja モーグル (a hump on a skiing piste) · de Buckel (a hump on a skiing piste) · fr bosse (a hump on a skiing piste) · de Mugel (a hump on a skiing piste) · ru буго́р (a hump on a skiing piste) · fi kumpare (a hump on a skiing piste) · bg бабуна (a hump on a skiing piste) · pl mulda (a hump on a skiing piste) · fi knööli (a hump on a skiing piste) · ko 모굴 (a hump on a skiing piste)

mogul en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈmoʊɡəl/ (US)
• /məˈɡʌl/ (obsolete)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈməʊɡəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From dialectal German Mugel or from dialectal Norwegian mugje (“heap, mound”).

Meanings

1. To ski over a course of humps or bumps.

Forms