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pecuniary

adj · 2 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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  • UK: /pɪˈkjuːn(jə)ɹi/
  • US: /pəˈkjuniˌɛɹi/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: P EH0 K Y UW1 N IY0 EH2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, or relating to, money; monetary, financial.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

relating to or involving money

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • monetary rewards
  • he received thanks but no pecuniary compensation for his services

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: monetary

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin pecūniārius, from pecūnia (“money”), itself from pecū (“cattle”) and thus related to fee.

Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: نَقْدِيّ (naqdiyy) — of or relating to money
  • Arabic: مَالِيّ (māliyy) — of or relating to money
  • Belarusian: грашавы́ (hrašavý) — of or relating to money
  • Belarusian: валю́тны (valjútny) — of or relating to money
  • Bulgarian: пари́чен (paríčen) — of or relating to money
  • Bulgarian: валу́тен (valúten) — of or relating to money
  • Catalan: monetari — of or relating to money
  • Chinese Mandarin: 金錢的 /金钱的 (jīnqián de) — of or relating to money
  • Chinese Mandarin: 與金錢相關的 /与金钱相关的 (yǔ jīnqián xiāngguān de) — of or relating to money
  • Chinese Mandarin: 經濟的 /经济的 (jīngjì de) — of or relating to money
  • Czech: pekuniární — of or relating to money
  • Czech: peněžní — of or relating to money
  • Dutch: pecuniair — of or relating to money
  • Esperanto: mona — of or relating to money
  • Finnish: raha- — of or relating to money
  • Finnish: rahallinen — of or relating to money
  • Finnish: monetaarinen — of or relating to money
  • French: monétaire — of or relating to money
  • French: pécuniaire — of or relating to money
  • German: Geld- — of or relating to money
  • German: geldlich — of or relating to money
  • German: finanziell — of or relating to money
  • German: pekuniär — of or relating to money
  • Greek: χρηματικός (chrimatikós) — of or relating to money
  • Greek: νομισματικός (nomismatikós) — of or relating to money
  • Hungarian: pénzügyi — of or relating to money
  • Hungarian: üzleti — of or relating to money
  • Hungarian: financiális — of or relating to money
  • Hungarian: anyagi — of or relating to money
  • Ido: pekuniala — of or relating to money
  • Italian: pecuniario — of or relating to money
  • Japanese: 貨幣の (kahei no) — of or relating to money
  • Japanese: 金銭的な (kinsenteki na) — of or relating to money
  • Korean: 화폐 (hwapye) — of or relating to money
  • Macedonian: паричен (paričen) — of or relating to money
  • Persian: پولی (puli) — of or relating to money
  • Persian: مالی (mâli) — of or relating to money
  • Polish: pieniężny — of or relating to money
  • Polish: walutowy — of or relating to money
  • Portuguese: monetário — of or relating to money
  • Portuguese: pecuniário — of or relating to money
  • Romanian: monetar — of or relating to money
  • Romanian: pecuniar — of or relating to money
  • Russian: де́нежный (dénežnyj) — of or relating to money
  • Russian: валю́тный (valjútnyj) — of or relating to money
  • Serbo-Croatian: но̀вчанӣ — of or relating to money
  • Serbo-Croatian: nòvčanī — of or relating to money
  • Slovak: peňažný — of or relating to money
  • Slovak: finančný — of or relating to money
  • Slovene: denaren — of or relating to money
  • Spanish: monetario — of or relating to money
  • Spanish: pecuniario — of or relating to money
  • Swedish: pekuniär — of or relating to money
  • Swedish: monetär — of or relating to money
  • Swedish: penning- — of or relating to money
  • Ukrainian: грошови́й (hrošovýj) — of or relating to money
  • Ukrainian: гроше́вий (hrošévyj) — of or relating to money
  • Ukrainian: валю́тний (valjútnyj) — of or relating to money
  • Welsh: ariannol — of or relating to money