Standard Lemma guide

financial

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /faɪˈnæn.ʃəl/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [faɪˈnæn.ʃɫ̩]
  • Received-Pronunciation: /fɪˈnæn.ʃəl/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [fɪˈnæn.ʃɫ̩]
  • Canada, General-American: /faɪˈnæn.ʃəl/
  • Canada, General-American: [faɪˈnæn.ʃɫ̩]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /fɑeˈnæn.ʃəl/
  • Australian: [fɑeˈnæn.ʃɫ̩]
  • New-Zealand: /faɪˈnɛn.ʃəl/
  • New-Zealand: [fɑe̯ˈnɛn.ʃɫ̩]
  • CMU ARPABET: F AH0 N AE1 N SH AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: F IH0 N AE1 N SH AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 3: F AY2 N AE1 N SH AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Related to finances.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • For financial reasons, we're not going to be able to continue to fund this program.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having dues and fees paid up to date for a club or society.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Jerry is a financial member of the club.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

involving financial matters

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • fiscal responsibility

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fiscal

Antonyms: nonfinancial

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English finance Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English financial From finance + -ial.

Across languages

Translations

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: finansiële — related to finances
  • Albanian: financiar — related to finances
  • Arabic: مَالِيّ (māliyy) — related to finances
  • Armenian: ֆինանսական (finansakan) — related to finances
  • Belarusian: фіна́нсавы (finánsavy) — related to finances
  • Bulgarian: фина́нсов (finánsov) — related to finances
  • Bulgarian: пари́чен (paríčen) — related to finances
  • Catalan: financer — related to finances
  • Chinese Mandarin: 金融 (jīnróng) — related to finances
  • Czech: finanční — related to finances
  • Danish: finansiel — related to finances
  • Dutch: financieel — related to finances
  • Dutch: financiële — related to finances
  • Esperanto: financa — related to finances
  • Finnish: taloudellinen — related to finances
  • Finnish: rahoituksellinen — related to finances
  • French: financier — related to finances
  • Galician: financeiro — related to finances
  • Georgian: ფინანსური (pinansuri) — related to finances
  • German: finanziell — related to finances
  • Greek: οικονομικός (oikonomikós) — related to finances
  • Greek: δημοσιονομικός (dimosionomikós) — related to finances
  • Greek: χρηματοοικονομικός (chrimatooikonomikós) — related to finances
  • Greek: χρηματοπιστωτικός (chrimatopistotikós) — related to finances
  • Haitian Creole: finansye — related to finances
  • Hindi: आर्थिक (ārthik) — related to finances
  • Hindi: वित्तीय (vittīya) — related to finances
  • Hungarian: pénzügyi — related to finances
  • Indonesian: finansial — related to finances
  • Irish: airgeadúil — related to finances
  • Italian: finanziario — related to finances
  • Japanese: 金融 (kin'yū) — related to finances
  • Kazakh: қаржылық (qarjylyq) — related to finances
  • Korean: 금융 (geumyung) — related to finances
  • Latin: pecūniārius — related to finances
  • Latin: nummārius — related to finances
  • Macedonian: финансиски (finansiski) — related to finances
  • Manx: argidoil — related to finances
  • Māori: ahumoni — related to finances
  • Norwegian Bokmål: finansiell — related to finances
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: finansiell — related to finances
  • Persian: مالی (mâli) — related to finances
  • Polish: finansowy — related to finances
  • Portuguese: financeiro — related to finances
  • Punjabi: ਮਾਲੀ (mālī) — related to finances
  • Romanian: financiar — related to finances
  • Russian: фина́нсовый (finánsovyj) — related to finances
  • Serbo-Croatian: фина̀нсӣјскӣ — related to finances
  • Serbo-Croatian: фина̀нцӣјскӣ — related to finances
  • Serbo-Croatian: finànsījskī — related to finances
  • Serbo-Croatian: finàncījskī — related to finances
  • Slovak: finančný — related to finances
  • Slovene: finančni — related to finances
  • Spanish: financiero — related to finances
  • Swedish: finansiell — related to finances
  • Tagalog: pinansiyal — related to finances
  • Telugu: ఆర్ధిక (ārdhika) — related to finances
  • Turkish: mali — related to finances
  • Turkish: finansal — related to finances
  • Ukrainian: фіна́нсовий (finánsovyj) — related to finances
  • Dutch: betalend — paying
  • Dutch: betalende — paying
  • Finnish: maksava — paying
  • Italian: monetario — paying
  • Telugu: చెల్లించు (celliñcu) — paying
Real reading context

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