Phrase guide

fiscal year

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An accounting period of one year, not necessarily coinciding with the calendar year.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: accounting, business, finance

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: year

2

noun

Meaning 2

any accounting period of 12 months

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: financial year

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: year, twelvemonth, yr

History

Etymology

From fiscal + year.

Across languages

Translations

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: vit fiskal — accounting period of one year
  • Arabic: سَنَة مَالِيَّة (sana māliyya) — accounting period of one year
  • Armenian: ֆինանսական տարի (finansakan tari) — accounting period of one year
  • Azerbaijani: büdcə ili — accounting period of one year
  • Azerbaijani: maliyyə ili — accounting period of one year
  • Belarusian: фіна́нсавы год (finánsavy hod) — accounting period of one year
  • Bulgarian: фина́нсова годи́на (finánsova godína) — accounting period of one year
  • Burmese: ဘဏ္ဍာနှစ် (bhandahnac) — accounting period of one year
  • Catalan: exercici fiscal — accounting period of one year
  • Chinese Mandarin: 財政年度 /财政年度 (cáizhèng niándù) — accounting period of one year
  • Chinese Mandarin: 會計年度 /会计年度 (kuàijì niándù) — accounting period of one year
  • Czech: finanční rok — accounting period of one year
  • Danish: regnskabsår — accounting period of one year
  • Danish: skatteår — accounting period of one year
  • Dutch: boekjaar — accounting period of one year
  • Finnish: tilivuosi — accounting period of one year
  • Finnish: tilikausi — accounting period of one year
  • French: année fiscale — accounting period of one year
  • French: exercice fiscal — accounting period of one year
  • French: exercice comptable — accounting period of one year
  • French: année financière — accounting period of one year
  • Georgian: ფისკალური წელი (pisḳaluri c̣eli) — accounting period of one year
  • Georgian: საფინანსო წელი (sapinanso c̣eli) — accounting period of one year
  • Georgian: საბიუჯეტო წელი (sabiuǯeṭo c̣eli) — accounting period of one year
  • German: Geschäftsjahr — accounting period of one year
  • German: Wirtschaftsjahr — accounting period of one year
  • Greek: χρήση (chrísi) — accounting period of one year
  • Hindi: वित्त वर्ष (vitt varṣ) — accounting period of one year
  • Hungarian: üzleti év — accounting period of one year
  • Indonesian: tahun fiskal — accounting period of one year
  • Indonesian: tahun anggaran — accounting period of one year
  • Indonesian: tahun buku — accounting period of one year
  • Indonesian: tahun finansial — accounting period of one year
  • Indonesian: tahun keuangan — accounting period of one year
  • Irish: bliain airgeadais — accounting period of one year
  • Irish: bliain fhioscach — accounting period of one year
  • Japanese: 会計年度 (kaikei nendo) — accounting period of one year
  • Kazakh: қаржы жылы (qarjy jyly) — accounting period of one year
  • Korean: 회계연도 (hoegyeyeondo) — accounting period of one year
  • Māori: tau pūtea — accounting period of one year
  • Mongolian: санхүүгийн жил (sanxüügiin žil) — accounting period of one year
  • Mongolian: төсвийн жил (tösviin žil) — accounting period of one year
  • Iranian Persian: سالِ مالی (sâl-e mâli) — accounting period of one year
  • Polish: rok fiskalny — accounting period of one year
  • Polish: rok finansowy — accounting period of one year
  • Romanian: an fiscal — accounting period of one year
  • Russian: фина́нсовый год (finánsovyj god) — accounting period of one year
  • Scottish Gaelic: bliadhna ionmhais — accounting period of one year
  • Slovak: finančný rok — accounting period of one year
  • Spanish: ejercicio — accounting period of one year
  • Swedish: räkenskapsår — accounting period of one year
  • Swedish: finansår — accounting period of one year
  • Swedish: budgetår — accounting period of one year
  • Tagalog: taong-panuusan — accounting period of one year
  • Tajik: соли молиявӣ (sol-i moliyavi) — accounting period of one year
  • Thai: ปีงบประมาณ (bpii-ngóp-bprà-maan) — accounting period of one year
  • Thai: ปีภาษี — accounting period of one year
  • Thai: ปีบัญชี — accounting period of one year
  • Thai: ปีการเงิน — accounting period of one year
  • Thai: ปีการคลัง — accounting period of one year
  • Turkish: bütçe yılı — accounting period of one year
  • Turkish: mali yıl — accounting period of one year
  • Ukrainian: фіна́нсовий рік (finánsovyj rik) — accounting period of one year
  • Urdu: مالی سال (mālī sāl) — accounting period of one year
  • Vietnamese: năm tài chính — accounting period of one year