fisc
English edit
Etymology edit
From French fisc, from Latin fiscus (“basket, money-bag, public treasury”); see fiscal.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fisc (plural fiscs)
- (Ancient Rome) The public treasury of Rome.
- Any state treasury or exchequer.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, page 340:
- When they had resolved to appropriate to the Fisc, a certain portion of the landed property of their conquered country, it was their business to render their bank a real fund of credit […].
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Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin fīscus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fisc m (plural fiscs or fiscos)
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Further reading edit
- “fisc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin fiscus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fisc m (plural fiscs)
- (economics) tax authorities, fiscal administration
- government department of taxation
Further reading edit
- “fisc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *fisk, Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- (“fish”).
Noun edit
fisc m
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Descendants edit
- Middle Dutch: visch
Further reading edit
- “fisk”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fisċ m (nominative plural fiscas)
Declension edit
Declension of fisc (strong a-stem)
Derived terms edit
- fisċere (“fisherman”)
- fiscian (“to fish”)
- fisċnett (“fishing net”)
- fisċwēr (“fishweir”)
- sċielfisċ (“shellfish”)
- *sweordfisċ (“swordfish”)
Descendants edit
See also edit
- angol (“fishhook”)
Old Saxon edit
Noun edit
fisc m
- Alternative form of fisk
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
fisc n (uncountable)