fiscal

See also: Fiscal

Contents

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪskəl/
• Rhymes: -ɪskəl

Etymology 1

From Middle French fiscal, from Latin fiscus (“treasury”) – see fiscus and fisc.

Adjective

fiscal (comparative more fiscal, superlative most fiscal)

1. Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.
2. (proscribed) Pertaining to finance and money in general; financial.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with financial, which refers to money generally, particularly lending and banking, rather than narrowly to a treasury.

Derived terms

• fiscalization
• fiscalize

Translations

related to the treasury

• Afrikaans: fiskaal (af)
• Arabic: مَالِيّ‎ (māliyy)
• Bulgarian: фискален (bg) (fiskalen)
• Catalan: fiscal (ca)
• Danish: fiskal, skattemæssig, skatte-

• Dutch: fiscaal (nl)
• Finnish: fiskaalinen (fi)
• French: budgétaire (fr) (Note: "fiscal" is a false friend)
• Greek: δημοσιονομικός (el) m (dimosionomikós)
• Italian: fiscale (it)

pertaining to finance in general

• Bulgarian: финансов (finansov)
• Catalan: fiscal (ca)
• Danish: financiel, finans-
• Dutch: fiscaal (nl)
• Finnish: rahallinen (fi)

• Greek: οικονομικός (el) m (oikonomikós)
• Portuguese: fiscal (pt)
• Russian: финансовый (ru) (finansovyj)
• Spanish: fiscal (es)

Noun

fiscal (plural fiscals)

1. A public official in certain countries having control of public revenue.
2. (Britain, Scotland, law) Procurator fiscal, a public prosecutor.
3. (law) In certain countries, including Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and former colonies of these countries and certain British colonies, solicitor or attorney general.

Translations

public official

• Finnish: viskaali (fi)

public prosecutor — see procurator fiscal

solicitor — see solicitor

attorney general — see attorney general

Related terms

• fisc

See also

• finance, financial

Etymology 2

After Afrikaans fiskaal (“public official, hangman”)

Noun

fiscal (plural fiscals)

1. Any of various African shrikes of the genus Lanius.

Translations

any of various African shrikes

• Finnish: lepinkäinen (fi)

See also

• Lanius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lanius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• califs, cifals

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /fisˈkal/

Adjective

fiscal (masculine and feminine plural fiscals)

1. fiscal, tax

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French

Adjective

fiscal (feminine singular fiscale, masculine plural fiscaux, feminine plural fiscales)

1. fiscal, financial

Related terms

• fiscalité

Further reading

• “fiscal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• lascif

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Portuguese

Etymology

From fisco (“national treasury”), from Latin fiscus (“treasury”)

Adjective

fiscal (plural fiscais, comparable)

1. fiscal (relating to taxes)

Synonyms

• (relating to taxes): tributário

Noun

fiscal m, f (plural fiscais)

1. fiscal, inspector

Related terms

• fiscalizar
• fiscalização

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Spanish

Etymology

From fisco (“national treasury”), from Latin fiscus (“treasury”)

Adjective

fiscal (plural fiscales)

1. fiscal
2. prosecuting

Noun

fiscal m or f (plural fiscales)

1. (law) public prosecutor (UK), district attorney (US)

Related terms

• fiscalía