fiscal

See also: Fiscal

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪskəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪskəl
• Hyphenation: fis‧cal

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.

   fiscal matters

   fiscal lawyer

   fiscal system

2. (proscribed) Pertaining to finance and money in general; financial.
3. Being a fiscal year.
   • 1990 August 31, John Zeh, “NEA Session Disrupted”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 7, page 3:

     The allotment is $22 million less than the Pentagon spent on military bands in fiscal 1990.

Derived terms

• discretionary fiscal policy
• fiscal cliff
• fiscal conservatism
• fiscal conservative
• fiscal deficit
• fiscal dominance
• fiscal drag
• fiscalization
• fiscalize
• fiscal law
• fiscal office
• fiscal policy
• fiscal stamp
• fiscal tariff
• fiscal year

 

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), budjetti-, tulo-, kassa-, vero- (taxation)
• French: budgétaire (fr) (Note: "fiscal" is a false friend)
• Greek: δημοσιονομικός (el) (dimosionomikós)
• Indonesian: fiskal (id)
• Italian: fiscale (it)
• Macedonian: фи́скален (fískalen)
• Swedish: fiskal (sv), fiskalisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: фіска́льний (fiskálʹnyj)

pertaining to finance in general

• Bulgarian: финансов (finansov)
• Catalan: fiscal (ca)
• Danish: financiel, finans-
• Dutch: fiscaal (nl)
• Finnish: rahallinen (fi)
• Greek: οικονομικός (el) (oikonomikós)
• Macedonian: фина́нсиски (finánsiski)
• Portuguese: fiscal (pt)
• Russian: финансовый (ru) (finansovyj)
• Spanish: fiscal (es)
• Swedish: finansiell (sv)

Noun

fiscal (plural fiscals)

1. A public official in certain countries having control of public revenue.
   • 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 149:

     ‘There I was interrogated by the Fiscal, who was making out a proces verbal […] .’

2. (Scots 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)
• Macedonian: фи́скал m (fískal)

public prosecutor — see procurator fiscal

solicitor — see solicitor

attorney general — see attorney general

Related terms

• fisc

See also

• finance, financial

Etymology 2

From Spanish fiscal, ultimately from Latin fiscus (“treasury”).

Noun

fiscal (plural fiscals)

1. (Philippines, law) A public prosecutor (UK) or a district attorney (US).

Etymology 3

After Afrikaans fiskaal (“public official, hangman”).

Noun

fiscal (plural fiscals)

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

Derived terms

• grey-backed fiscal

Translations

any of various African shrikes

• Finnish: lepinkäinen (fi)

See also

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

Anagrams

• califs, cifals

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fiscālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [fisˈkal]

Adjective

fiscal m or f (masculine and feminine plural fiscals)

1. fiscal, tax

Noun

fiscal m or f by sense (plural fiscals)

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

Derived terms

• fiscalia

Further reading

• “fiscal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fiscal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fiscālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fis.kal/

Adjective

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

1. fiscal, financial

Derived terms

• abri fiscal
• année fiscale
• évasion fiscale
• fraude fiscale
• paradis fiscal

Related terms

• fiscalité

Further reading

• “fiscal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• lascif

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fiscālis.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fisˈkaw/ [fisˈkaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fisˈkaw/ [fisˈkaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fiʃˈkaw/ [fiʃˈkaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fiʃˈkal/ [fiʃˈkaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fiʃˈkal/ [fiʃˈkaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fiʃˈka.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: fis‧cal

Adjective

fiscal m or f (plural fiscais)

1. fiscal (relating to taxes)

   Synonym: tributário

Derived terms

• fiscalizar
• fiscalização
• fiscalmente

Noun

fiscal m or f by sense (plural fiscais)

1. fiscal, inspector

Related terms

• fisco

Further reading

• “fiscal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fiscal. By surface analysis, fisc +‎ -al.

Adjective

fiscal m or n (feminine singular fiscală, masculine plural fiscali, feminine and neuter plural fiscale)

1. fiscal

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	fiscal		fiscală		fiscali	fiscale
	definite	fiscalul		fiscala		fiscalii	fiscalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	fiscal		fiscale		fiscali	fiscale
	definite	fiscalului		fiscalei		fiscalilor	fiscalelor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin fiscālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fisˈkal/ [fisˈkal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: fis‧cal

Adjective

fiscal m or f (masculine and feminine plural fiscales)

1. fiscal
2. prosecuting

Derived terms

• déficit fiscal
• domicilio fiscal
• evasión fiscal
• fiscalidad
• fiscalizar
• fiscalmente
• paraíso fiscal
• presión fiscal

 

Noun

fiscal m (plural fiscales, feminine fiscal or fiscala, feminine plural fiscales or fiscalas)

1. (law) public prosecutor (UK), district attorney (US)
   • 2015 September 15, “Anticorrupción pide la imputación del exministro Pimentel en los ERE”, in El País‎^[1]:

     En el escrito elevado a la titular del Juzgado de Instrucción 6 de Sevilla, los fiscales piden la imputación de Pimentel y otras 24 personas —algunas ya imputadas en la causa— no solo por la ayuda a Taller de Libros sino también por el pago de las prejubilaciones de 10 trabajadores de la empresa cordobesa.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• fiscalía
• ministerio fiscal

 

Related terms

• fisco

 

Further reading

• “fiscal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10