fisc
English
Etymology
From French fisc, from Latin fiscus (“basket, money-bag, public treasury”); see fiscal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɪsk/
- Rhymes: -ɪsk
Noun
fisc (plural fiscs)
- (Ancient Rome) The public treasury of Rome.
- Any state treasury or exchequer.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, p. 340:
- When they had resolved to appropriate to the Fisc, a certain portion of the landed property of their conquered country, it was their business to render their bank a real fund of credit […].
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, p. 340:
Related terms
- fiscal
Anagrams
- CFIs, CIFS, ICFs, SCIF, fics
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin fīscus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈfisk/
Noun
fisc m (plural fiscs or fiscos)
- treasury, public purse
Related terms
- fiscal
Further reading
- “fisc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin fiscus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fisk/
Noun
fisc m (plural fiscs)
- (economics) tax authorities, fiscal administration
- government department of taxation
Further reading
- “fisc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *fisk, Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ- (“fish”).
Noun
fisc m
- fish
Alternative forms
- visc
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: visch
- Dutch: vis
- Afrikaans: vis
- Berbice Creole Dutch: fesi
- Jersey Dutch: väśe
- Negerhollands: visch, vesch, fes, fis, vis
- → Virgin Islands Creole: fis (dated)
- Skepi Creole Dutch: fesi, fisse, fiche
- Petjo: fis
- →? Aukan: fisi
- Limburgish: visj, vèsj
- West Flemish: vissch
- Dutch: vis
Further reading
- “fisk”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old English
Alternative forms
- fix, ᚠᛁᛋᚳ (fisc) – Runic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fiʃ/
Noun
fisċ m (nominative plural fiscas)
- fish
Declension
Declension of fisc (strong a-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | fisċ | fiscas |
accusative | fisċ | fiscas |
genitive | fisċes | fisca |
dative | fisċe | fiscum |
Derived terms
- fisċere (“fisherman”)
- fiscian (“to fish”)
- fisċnett (“fishing net”)
- sċielfisċ (“shellfish”)
- *sweordfisċ (“swordfish”)
Descendants
- Middle English: fisch, fysshe, fysch, fish, fische, fis, fyshe, fissh
- English: fish (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: fish, fysch, fisch
- Yola: wish
See also
- angol (“fishhook”)
Old Saxon
Noun
fisc m
- Alternative form of fisk
Romanian
Etymology
From French fisc.
Noun
fisc n (uncountable)
- (economics) fiscal administration
Declension
declension of fisc (singular only)
singular | ||
---|---|---|
n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) fisc | fiscul |
genitive/dative | (unui) fisc | fiscului |
vocative | fiscule |