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English
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Etymology
Inherited from Middle English welth, welthe (“happiness, prosperity”), from Old English *welþ, weleþu, from Proto-West Germanic *waliþu (“wealth”).
Alternatively, possibly an alteration (due to similar words in -th: compare helth (“health”), derth (“dearth”)) of wele (“wealth, well-being, weal”), from Old English wela (“wealth, prosperity”), from Proto-Germanic *walô (“well-being, prosperity”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“good, best”); equivalent to weal + -th. Cognate with Dutch weelde (“wealth”), Low German weelde (“wealth”), Old High German welida, welitha (“wealth”). Related also to German Wohl (“welfare, well-being, weal”), Danish vel (“weal, welfare”), Swedish väl (“well-being, weal”). More at weal, well.
Pronunciation
Noun
wealth (countable and uncountable, plural wealths)
- (uncountable, economics) Riches; a great amount of valuable assets or material possessions.
- (countable) A great amount; an abundance or plenty.
She brings a wealth of knowledge to the project.
2018 July 3, Ian Sample, “Routine DNA tests will put NHS at the 'forefront of medicine'”, in The Guardian:Beyond its aim to bring patients the most effective treatments faster, the service is expected to generate a wealth of data on the interplay between DNA, health and lifestyles, which will become a powerful tool for research into cancer and other diseases.
- (uncountable, obsolete) Prosperity; well-being; happiness.
c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :I once did lend my body for his wealth, / Which, but for him that had your husband's ring, / Had quite miscarried: […]
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riches; valuable material possessions
- Afar: gadda
- Afrikaans: rykdom
- Albanian: pasuri (sq) m
- Arabic: أَمْوَال m (ʔamwāl), ثَرْوَة f (ṯarwa)
- Armenian: հարստություն (hy) (harstutʻyun), ինչք (hy) (inčʻkʻ), բարիք (hy) (barikʻ)
- Aromanian: aveari
- Azerbaijani: sərvət (az), dövlət (az), var-dövlət
- Bashkir: байлыҡ (baylıq)
- Basque: aberastasun
- Belarusian: бага́цце (be) n (baháccje), замо́жнасць f (zamóžnascʹ)
- Bengali: ধন (bn) (dhon)
- Bulgarian: бога́тство (bg) n (bogátstvo)
- Burmese: ဓန (my) (dha.na.), စည်းစိမ် (my) (cany:cim), ဘောဂ (my) (bhau:ga.)
- Catalan: patrimoni (ca) m, riquesa (ca) f
- Chichewa: chuma
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 財富/财富 (coi4 fu3)
- Hokkien: 財富/财富 (zh-min-nan) (châi-hù)
- Mandarin: 財富/财富 (zh) (cáifù)
- Czech: bohatství (cs) n
- Danish: rigdom c
- Dutch: rijkdom (nl) m
- Edo: ẹ̀fè
- Esperanto: riĉeco
- Estonian: rikkus
- Finnish: varallisuus (fi); rikkaus (fi), rikkaudet pl
- French: richesse (fr) f
- Galician: facenda (gl) f, riqueza (gl) f
- Georgian: სიმდიდრე (simdidre)
- German: Reichtum (de) m, Vermögen (de) n
- Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿 n (faihu), 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌴𐌹 f (gabei)
- Greek: πλούτος (el) m (ploútos)
- Ancient: πλοῦτος m (ploûtos)
- Hausa: dukiya
- Hebrew: עושר \ עֹשֶׁר (he) m ('ósher)
- Hindi: धन (hi) m (dhan), संपत्ति (hi) f (sampatti)
- Hungarian: gazdagság (hu)
- Icelandic: auður (is) m
- Igala: ídúù, ùrà, ánána
- Igbo: àkụ̀, ọkụ̀ (ig), ụ̀ba
- Irish: saibhreas m
- Italian: ricchezza (it) f, patrimonio (it) m
- Izon: ụngọ́, tími-èbií
- Japanese: 財産 (ja) (ざいさん, zaisan), 富 (ja) (とみ, tomi), 財 (ja) (たから, takara), 富裕 (ja) (ふゆう, fuyū)
- Javanese: bandha (jv)
- Jeju: 부 (bu)
- Karakhanid: نانْكْ (nēŋ)
- Kazakh: байлық (kk) (bailyq)
- Khmer: វត្ថុ (km) (vŏətthoʼ), ធន (km) (thŭən)
- Korean: 부유(富裕) (ko) (buyu), 부(富) (ko) (bu)
- Krio: gentri
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: serwet (ku), dewlet (ku)
- Kyrgyz: байлык (ky) (baylık)
- Lao: ຄວາມຮັ່ງມີ (khuām hang mī), ຊັບສິນ (lo) (sap sin), ສິນ (sin), ຊັບ (sap)
- Latin: ops (la) f, dīvitiae f, locupletatio f
- Latvian: bagātība f, turība f
- Lithuanian: tur̃tas (lt) m
- Low German:
- German Low German: Riekdom
- Lutshootseed: ʔiʔab
- Macedonian: бо́гатство n (bógatstvo)
- Malay: kekayaan (ms)
- Malayalam: സമ്പത്ത് (ml) (sampattŭ)
- Manchu: ᡠᠯᡳᠨ (ulin)
- Middle English: win, wele, welthe
- Ngazidja Comorian: mali class 9/10
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: rikdom m
- Occitan: riquesa (oc) f
- Old English: wela m
- Ottoman Turkish: ثروت (servet), سرمایه (sermaye)
- Pashto: ثروت (ps) m (sarwát), دارايي (ps) f (dārāyí), دولت (ps) m (dawlát)
- Persian: ثروت (fa) (servat)
- Polish: zamożność (pl) f, bogactwo (pl) n, bogatość (pl) f (rare)
- Portuguese: riqueza (pt) f
- Quechua: kapuy
- Romanian: avere (ro) f, bogăție (ro) f
- Russian: бога́тство (ru) n (bogátstvo), благосостоя́ние (ru) n (blagosostojánije)
- Saho: gadda
- Sanskrit: धन्य (sa) n (dhánya)
- Scottish Gaelic: ionmhas m, beartas m, maoin f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: бога̀тство n
- Roman: bogàtstvo (sh) n
- Slovak: bohatstvo n
- Slovene: bogástvo (sl) n
- Somali: maal (so)
- Spanish: prosperidad (es) f, riqueza (es) f
- Swedish: rikedom (sv) c, förmögenhet (sv) c, välstånd (sv) c
- Tagalog: yaman (tl)
- Tajik: сарват (tg) (sarvat), боигарӣ (boyigarī), дороӣ (doroyī), давлат (tg) (davlat)
- Tatar: байлык (tt) (baylıq)
- Telugu: ఐశ్వర్యము (te) (aiśvaryamu), ధనము (te) (dhanamu)
- Thai: ความรวย (th) (kwaam-ruai), ความมั่งคั่ง (th) (kwaam-mâng-kâng), ธน (th) (ton)
- Tibetan: ཕྱུག (phyug)
- Turkish: servet (tr), varlık (tr)
- Turkmen: baýlyk (tk)
- Ukrainian: бага́тство (uk) n (bahátstvo), замо́жність (uk) f (zamóžnistʹ)
- Urdu: ثروت f (sarvat), دھن m (dhan), دولت f (davlat)
- Uyghur: بايلىق (bayliq)
- Uzbek: boylik (uz), sarvat (uz) (dated), davlat (uz) (dated in this sense)
- Vietnamese: tài phúc (財富), sự giàu có (vi)
- Volapük: lieg (vo)
- Yiddish: רײַכקײַט f (raykhkayt)
- Yoruba: ọlà, ọrọ̀
- ǃXóõ: ǂkxʻái
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great amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money
- Afrikaans: rykdom
- Azerbaijani: bolluq (az), zənglinlik, kəlan
- Breton: pinvidigezh (br) f
- Bulgarian: изобилие (bg) n (izobilie)
- Catalan: riquesa (ca) f, abundància (ca) f
- Czech: bohatství (cs) n
- Danish: rigdom, velstand (da), formue
- Dutch: rijkdom (nl) m, weelde (nl) f
- Finnish: rikkaus (fi)
- French: profusion (fr) f, abondance (fr) f
- German: Fülle (de) f
- Greek: πλούτος (el) m (ploútos)
- Hungarian: vagyon (hu), bőség
- Italian: abbondanza (it) f
- Japanese: 豊富 (ja) (hōfu)
- Javanese: bandha (jv)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: دۆڵەمەندی (dollemendî), سامان (ckb) (saman)
- Latvian: mantība f, bagātība f, labklājība f
- Low German:
- German Low German: Riekdom
- Macedonian: изоби́лие n (izobílie), изо́билство n (izóbilstvo)
- Malayalam: സമ്പത്ത് (ml) (sampattŭ)
- Middle English: welthe
- Polish: bogactwo (pl) n, mnóstwo (pl)
- Portuguese: abundância (pt) f
- Russian: бога́тство (ru) n (bogátstvo), изоби́лие (ru) n (izobílije)
- Scottish Gaelic: beartas m
- Swedish: rikedom (sv) c, förmögenhet (sv) c, välstånd (sv) c
- Turkish: bolluk (tr), varlıklılık (tr)
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power, of the kind associated with a great deal of money
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References
- “wealth”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- wealth in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- "wealth" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 331.
- “wealth”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “wealth”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.