treasury

See also: Treasury

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

treasury

Etymology

From Middle English tresorie, from Old French tresorie, from tresor (“treasure”), from Latin thēsaurus (“treasure”), from Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós, “treasure house”). Displaced native Old English māþmhūs.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɛʒ.ə.ɹi/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɛʒ.ɚ.i/
- Audio (US): (file)

Noun

treasury (plural treasuries)

A place where treasure is stored safely.
A place where state or royal money and valuables are stored.
(government) Ellipsis of treasury department.
(finance) Ellipsis of treasury bond.
A collection of artistic or literary works.
(obsolete) A treasure.
- 1599, W. Kinsayder or Theriomastix [pseudonyms; John Marston], “Totum in Toto”, in The Scourge of Villanie. […], London: […] I[ames] R[oberts], →OCLC; republished as G[eorge] B[agshawe] Harrison, editor, The Scourge of Villanie (The Bodley Head Quartos; 13), London: John Lane, The Bodley Head […]; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Company, 1925, →OCLC, page 56:
  Now since he hath the grace, thus gracelesse be
  His neighbors sweare he'le swell with treasurie.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ Gujarati: તિજોરી (tijorī)
→ Hindi: तिजोरी (tijorī)
→ Marathi: तिजोरी (tijorī)

Translations

place where treasure is stored safely

Arabic: خَزِينَة f (ḵazīna)
Armenian: գանձարան (hy) (ganjaran)
Belarusian: ска́рбніца f (skárbnica), казна́ f (kazná), скарб m (skarb)
Bulgarian: съкро́вищница (bg) f (sǎkróvištnica), трезо́р m (trezór), хазна́ (bg) f (hazná) (dated)
Catalan: tresoreria (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 金庫 / 金库 (zh) (jīnkù)
Czech: klenotnice f, pokladnice f
Danish: skattekammer n
Dutch: schatkist (nl) f, schatkamer (nl) f
Egyptian:

(pr-ḥḏ)
Esperanto: trezorejo
Finnish: aarrekammio (fi)
French: trésorerie (fr) f
Galician: tesouraría f, tesouro (gl) m
Georgian: საგანძური (ka) (saganʒuri)
German: Schatzkammer (de) f
Hindi: कोश (hi) (koś)
Hungarian: kincstár (hu)
Indonesian: perbendaharaan (id)
Italian: tesoreria (it) f
Japanese: 金庫 (ja) (きんこ, kinko)
Korean: 금고(金庫) (ko) (geumgo)
Macedonian: ри́зница f (ríznica), тре́зор m (trézor)
Malayalam: കലവറ (ml) (kalavaṟa)
Middle English: tresorie
Old English: māþmhūs n
Ottoman Turkish: خزینه (hazine)
Persian: گنجینه (fa) (ganjine)
Polish: skarbiec (pl) m, skarbnica f
Portuguese: tesouraria (pt) f
Russian: казна́ (ru) f (kazná), сокро́вищница (ru) f (sokróviščnica)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: рѝзница f, ха̏зна f, трѐзо̄р m

Roman: rìznica (sh) f, hȁzna (sh) f, trèzōr (sh) m
Slovak: klenotnica f
Slovene: zakladnica (sl) f
Southern Altai: казына (kazïna)
Spanish: tesorería (es) f
Swahili: hazina (sw)
Swedish: skattkammare (sv) c
Tagalog: ingatang-yaman
Telugu: కోశాగారము (te) (kōśāgāramu)
Ukrainian: скарбни́ця f (skarbnýcja), скарбо́на f (skarbóna), казна́ (uk) f (kazná)

place where state or royal money and valuables are stored

Arabic: خَزِينَة f (ḵazīna)
Armenian: գանձարան (hy) (ganjaran)
Azerbaijani: xəzinə (az)
Belarusian: ска́рбніца f (skárbnica), казна́ f (kazná), скарб m (skarb)
Bulgarian: ковче́жничество (bg) n (kovčéžničestvo), трезо́р m (trezór), хазна́ (bg) f (hazná) (dated)
Catalan: tresoreria (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 國庫 / 国库 (zh) (guókù)
Czech: pokladna (cs) f
Danish: statskasse c
Dutch: schatkist (nl) f, schatkamer (nl) f
Egyptian:

(pr-ḥḏ)
Finnish: valtion kassa
French: trésorerie (fr) f
Galician: tesouraría f
Georgian: ხაზინა (xazina)
German: Schatzkammer (de) f
Greek: θησαυροφυλάκιο (el) (thisavrofylákio)
Ancient: θησαυροφυλάκιον n (thēsaurophulákion), ταμιεῖον n (tamieîon), γάζα f (gáza)
Hindi: ख़ज़ाना m (xazānā), राजकोष m (rājkoṣ), कोश (hi) (koś)
Hungarian: államkincstár (hu)
Indonesian: perbendaharaan (id)
Italian: tesoreria (it) f
Japanese: 国庫 (ja) f (こっこ, kokko)
Kazakh: қазына (qazyna)
Korean: 국고(國庫) (ko) (gukgo)
Kyrgyz: казына (ky) (kazına)
Latin: aerārium n
Macedonian: тре́зор m (trézor)
Malayalam: ഖജനാവ് (ml) (khajanāvŭ)
Middle English: tresorie
Norwegian:
Bokmål: statskasse m or f
Old English: māþmhūs n
Ottoman Turkish: خزینه (hazine)
Persian: خزانه‌داری (xazâne-dâri), خزانه (fa) (xazâne), بیت المال (fa) (bayt-olmâl)
Plautdietsch: Kauss f
Polish: skarbiec (pl) m
Portuguese: tesouro (pt) m
Romanian: tezaur de stat n, trezorerie (ro) f, vistierie (ro) f
Russian: казна́ (ru) f (kazná), казначе́йство (ru) n (kaznačéjstvo)
Slovak: pokladňa f, pokladnica f
Slovene: zakladnica (sl) f
Southern Altai: казына (kazïna)
Spanish: tesorería (es) f, erario (es) m
Swahili: hazina (sw)
Tagalog: ingatang-yaman
Tajik: хазина (xazina)
Turkish: hazine (tr)
Turkmen: hazyna
Ukrainian: скарбни́ця f (skarbnýcja), казна́ (uk) f (kazná)
Uyghur: خەزىنە (xezine)
Uzbek: xazina (uz)
Vietnamese: kho bạc (vi) (庫鉑), ngân khố (vi) (銀庫), công khố (vi)

government department — see treasury department

collection of artistic or literary works

Belarusian: ска́рбніца f (skárbnica)
Bulgarian: съкро́вищница (bg) f (sǎkróvištnica)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 寶庫 / 宝库 (zh) (bǎokù)
Finnish: runoaarteisto
Hungarian: tárház (hu), kincsestár (hu)
Indonesian: perbendaharaan (id)
Italian: tesoro (it) m
Japanese: 宝庫 (ja) (ほうこ, hōko)
Korean: 보고(寶庫) (ko) (bogo)
Malay: khazanah (ms)
Persian: مجموعه (fa) (majmu'e), گنجینه (fa) (ganjine)
Romanian: tezaur (ro) n (artistic), tezaur literar n
Russian: сокро́вищница (ru) f (sokróviščnica)
Spanish: tesoro (es) m
Ukrainian: скарбни́ця f (skarbnýcja)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Persian: ^{(please verify)} گنجینه (fa) (ganjine)
Slovak: ^{(please verify)} pokladnica f
Thai: ^{(please verify)} กรุสมบัติ (gru sŏm-bàt)