fiscal
See also: Fiscal
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle French fiscal, from Latin fiscus (“treasury”) – see fiscus and fisc.
AdjectiveEdit
fiscal (comparative more fiscal, superlative most fiscal)
- Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.
- (proscribed) Pertaining to finance and money in general; financial.
Usage notesEdit
- Not to be confused with financial, which refers to money generally, particularly lending and banking, rather than narrowly to a treasury.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
pertaining to finance in general
NounEdit
fiscal (plural fiscals)
- A public official in certain countries having control of public revenue.
- (Britain, Scotland, law) Procurator fiscal, a public prosecutor.
- (law) In certain countries, including Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and former colonies of these countries and certain British colonies, solicitor or attorney general.
TranslationsEdit
public prosecutor — see procurator fiscal
solicitor — see solicitor
attorney general — see attorney general
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
After Afrikaans fiskaal (“public official, hangman”).
NounEdit
fiscal (plural fiscals)
TranslationsEdit
any of various African shrikes
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See alsoEdit
- Lanius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Lanius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
fiscal (masculine and feminine plural fiscals)
NounEdit
fiscal m or f (plural fiscals)
- (law) public prosecutor (UK), district attorney (US)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “fiscal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “fiscal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “fiscal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “fiscal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
fiscal (feminine singular fiscale, masculine plural fiscaux, feminine plural fiscales)
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “fiscal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
AnagramsEdit
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
fiscal (plural fiscais, comparable)
- fiscal (relating to taxes)
- Synonym: tributário
Derived termsEdit
NounEdit
fiscal m, f (plural fiscais)
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “fiscal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
fiscal (plural fiscales)
Derived termsEdit
NounEdit
fiscal m or f (plural fiscales)
- (law) public prosecutor (UK), district attorney (US)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “fiscal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.