noun · 4 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.
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Pronunciation
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[ɪnˈsɒlvn̩si]
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The condition of being insolvent; the state or condition of a person who is insolvent; the condition of one who is unable to pay their debts as they fall due, or in the usual course of trade and business.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, finance
Examples
The company faces insolvency.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Insufficiency to discharge all debts of the owner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
the insolvency of an estate
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The condition of having more debts than assets.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
the lack of financial resources
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: solvency
Broader terms: financial condition
Narrower terms: bankruptcy, failure
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English solvent English insolvent English -cy English insolvency From insolvent + -cy.
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
إِعْسَار
(ʔiʕsār)
— the condition of being insolvent
Arabic:
إِعْسَار مَالِيّ
(ʔiʕsār māliyy)
— the condition of being insolvent
Bulgarian:
неплатежоспосо́бност
(neplatežosposóbnost)
— the condition of being insolvent
Bulgarian:
банкрут
(bankrut)
— the condition of being insolvent
Catalan:
insolvència
— the condition of being insolvent
Chinese Mandarin:
無力償還 /无力偿还
(wúlì chánghuán)
— the condition of being insolvent
Czech:
insolvence
— the condition of being insolvent
Czech:
platební neschopnost
— the condition of being insolvent
Danish:
insolvens
— the condition of being insolvent
Esperanto:
nesolventeco
— the condition of being insolvent
Finnish:
maksukyvyttömyys
— the condition of being insolvent
French:
insolvabilité
— the condition of being insolvent
Georgian:
გადახდისუუნარობა
(gadaxdisuunaroba)
— the condition of being insolvent
German:
Insolvenz
— the condition of being insolvent
German:
Zahlungsunfähigkeit
— the condition of being insolvent
Hungarian:
fizetőképtelenség
— the condition of being insolvent
Hungarian:
fizetésképtelenség
— the condition of being insolvent
Italian:
insolvenza
— the condition of being insolvent
Japanese:
支払不能
(shiharai-funō)
— the condition of being insolvent
Japanese:
倒産
(tōsan)
— the condition of being insolvent
Kazakh:
дәрменсіздік
(därmensızdık)
— the condition of being insolvent
Korean:
지불 불능
(jibul bulleung)
— the condition of being insolvent
Korean:
채무 초과
(chaemu chogwa)
— the condition of being insolvent
Korean:
파산
(pasan)
— the condition of being insolvent
Malay:
insolvensi
— the condition of being insolvent
Malay:
ketakmampuan bayar
— the condition of being insolvent
Malay:
kemuflisan
— the condition of being insolvent
Manx:
neuhooghid
— the condition of being insolvent
Manx:
neufondaght
— the condition of being insolvent
Māori:
pēkeraputanga
— the condition of being insolvent
Norwegian Bokmål:
insolvens
— the condition of being insolvent
Norwegian Nynorsk:
insolvens
— the condition of being insolvent
Polish:
niewypłacalność
— the condition of being insolvent
Polish:
upadłość
— the condition of being insolvent
Portuguese:
insolvência
— the condition of being insolvent
Romanian:
insolvență
— the condition of being insolvent
Romanian:
insolvabilitate
— the condition of being insolvent
Russian:
неплатёжеспосо́бность
(neplatjožesposóbnostʹ)
— the condition of being insolvent
Russian:
несостоя́тельность
(nesostojátelʹnostʹ)
— the condition of being insolvent
Spanish:
insolvencia
— the condition of being insolvent
Swahili:
ufilisi
— the condition of being insolvent
Swedish:
insolvens
— the condition of being insolvent
Ottoman Turkish:
افلاس
(iflâs)
— the condition of being insolvent
Ukrainian:
неплатоспромо́жність
(neplatospromóžnistʹ)
— the condition of being insolvent
