wealth

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /wɛlθ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛlθ

Etymology

From Middle English welth, welthe, weolthe (“happiness, prosperity”), alteration (due to similar words in -th: compare helth (“health”), derth (“dearth”)) of wele (“wealth, well-being, weal”), from Old English wela (“wealth, prosperity”), from Proto-Germanic *welô (“well-being, prosperity”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“good, best”), equivalent to weal +‎ -th. Cognate with Dutch weelde (“wealth”), Low German weelde (“wealth”), Old High German welida, welitha (“wealth”). Related also to German Wohl (“welfare, well-being, weal”), Danish vel (“weal, welfare”), Swedish väl (“well-being, weal”). More at weal, well.

Noun

wealth (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Weal; welfare; prosperity; good; well-being; happiness; joy.
2. Riches; valuable material possessions.
3. A great amount; an abundance or plenty.

   She brings a wealth of knowledge to the project.

4. Power, of the kind associated with a great deal of money.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:wealth

Derived terms

• wealthy

Translations

riches; valuable material possessions

• Arabic: أموال (ar) ('amwaal) m, ثروة (ar) (thárwa) f
• Armenian: հարստություն (hy) (harstut’yun), ինչք (hy) (inčk’), բարիք (hy) (barik’)
• Basque: aberastasun (eu)
• Bulgarian: богатство (bg) (bogátstvo) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 財富 (cmn), 财富 (cmn) (cáifù)

• Czech: bohatství (cs) n
• Danish: rigdom (da)
• Dutch: rijkdom (nl)
• Esperanto: riĉeco (eo)
• Finnish: rikkaus (fi), varallisuus (fi)
• French: richesse (fr) f
• German: Reichtum (de) m, Vermögen (de) n

• Hungarian: gazdagság (hu)
• Italian: ricchezza (it) f
• Japanese: 財産 (ja) (ざいさん, zaisan), 富 (ja) (とみ, tomi), 財 (ja) (たから, takara)
• Krio: gentri
• Latvian: bagātība (lv) f, turība (lv) f
• Polish: zamożność (pl) f
• Portuguese: riqueza (pt) f
• Russian: богатство (ru) (bogátstvo) n, благосостояние (ru) (blagosostojánije) n
• Scottish Gaelic: ionmhas (gd) m, beartas (gd) m, maoin (gd) f
• Spanish: prosperidad (es) f, riqueza (es) f
• Swedish: rikedom (sv) c, förmögenhet (sv) c, välstånd (sv) c
• Telugu: ఐశ్వర్యము (te) (aiSvaryamu), ధనము (te) (dhanamu)
• Vietnamese: tài phúc (vi) (財富 (vi))
• Volapük: lieg (vo)
• ǃXóõ: ǂkxʻái

a great amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money

• Breton: pinvidigezh (br) f
• Czech: bohatství (cs) n
• Danish: rigdom (da), velstand (da), formue (da)
• Dutch: rijkdom (nl) m
• Finnish: rikkaus (fi)
• French: profusion (fr) f, abondance (fr) f
• German: Fülle (de) f
• Greek: πλούτος (el) (ploútos) m (ploútos)
• Hungarian: vagyon (hu)

• Italian: abbondanza (it) f
• Japanese: 豊富 (ja) (hōfu)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: دۆڵه‌مه‌ندی (ku) (doLamandee), سامان (ku) (sAmAn)

• Polish: bogactwo n, mnóstwo
• Portuguese: abundância (pt) f
• Russian: богатство (ru) (bogátstvo) n, изобилие (ru) (izobílije) n
• Scottish Gaelic: beartas (gd) m
• Swedish: rikedom (sv) c, förmögenhet (sv) c, välstånd (sv) c

power, of the kind associated with a great deal of money

• Dutch: vermogen (nl) n
• Finnish: rikkaus (fi)
• Japanese: 富 (tomi)

• Portuguese: poder (pt) m
• Swedish: makt (sv) c, mäktighet (sv) c, välgång (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ثروة (θárwa) f
• Serbo-Croatian: bogatstvo n
• Mandarin: 財富, 财富 (cáifù)
• Serbo-Croatian: bogatstvo n
• Dutch: weelde f
• French: richesse f
• Italian: ricchezza f
• Korean: 재산 (jaesan)
• Latin: divitiae f pl

• Persian: ثروت (sarwat)
• Portuguese: riqueza f
• Romanian: avere f, bogăție f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: богатство n

  Roman: bogatstvo n, imućnost f

• Spanish: riqueza f
• Telugu: సంపద (te) (saMpada)

External links

• wealth in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• wealth in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911