"finance" in seven languages
Meaningfinance
Spanish
finanzas
/fiˈnanθas/
fem.borrowed · French finance
Used in the plural.
French
finance
/finɑ̃s/
fem.inherited
Often plural: les finances publiques.
Italian
finanza
/fiˈnantsa/
fem.borrowed · French finance
Often plural: le finanze.
Portuguese
finanças
/fiˈnɐ̃sas/
fem.borrowed · French finance
Romanian
finanțe
/fiˈnantse/
fem.borrowed · French finances
Catalan
finances
/fiˈnansəs/
fem.borrowed · French finance
English
finance
/ˈfaɪnæns/
from Latin/French · Old French finance
English → ItalianfinancefinanzaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
FĪNEM‘end, limit’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Finance was 'settling up': Old French built it on fin 'end', in the sense of paying off a debt. English fine, the penalty you pay, comes from the same idea.
English relatives: final, finish, fine (a payment)
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In a sentence
- esTrabaja en finanzas.
- frIl travaille dans la finance.
- itLavora nella finanza.
- ptEle trabalha com finanças.
- roLucrează în finanțe.
- caTreballa en finances.
- enHe works in finance.
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