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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle French fiscal, from Latin fiscus (“treasury”) – see fiscus and fisc.
Adjective
fiscal (comparative more fiscal, superlative most fiscal)
- Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.
- fiscal matters
- fiscal lawyer
- fiscal system
- (proscribed) Pertaining to finance and money in general; financial.
- 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.
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Translations
pertaining to finance in general
Noun
fiscal (plural fiscals)
- 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 […] .’
- (Scots 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.
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Etymology 2
From Spanish fiscal, ultimately from Latin fiscus (“treasury”).
Noun
fiscal (plural fiscals)
- (Philippines, law) A public prosecutor (UK) or a district attorney (US).
Etymology 3
After Afrikaans fiskaal (“public official, hangman”).
Noun
fiscal (plural fiscals)
- Any of various African shrikes of the genus Lanius.
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Translations
any of various African shrikes
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fiscālis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
fiscal m or f (masculine and feminine plural fiscals)
- fiscal, tax
Noun
fiscal m or f by sense (plural fiscals)
- (law) public prosecutor (UK), district attorney (US)
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fiscālis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
fiscal (feminine fiscale, masculine plural fiscaux, feminine plural fiscales)
- fiscal, financial
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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fiscālis.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
- Hyphenation: fis‧cal
Adjective
fiscal m or f (plural fiscais)
- fiscal (relating to taxes)
- Synonym: tributário
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Noun
fiscal m or f by sense (plural fiscais)
- fiscal, inspector
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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)
- fiscal
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin fiscālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fisˈkal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: fis‧cal
Adjective
fiscal m or f (masculine and feminine plural fiscales)
- fiscal
- prosecuting
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Noun
fiscal m (plural fiscales, feminine fiscal or fiscala, feminine plural fiscales or fiscalas)
- (law) public prosecutor (UK), district attorney (US)
2015 September 15, “Anticorrupción pide la imputación del exministro Pimentel en los ERE”, in El País: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)
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