wealth - Wiktionary

(economics) Riches; a great amount of valuable assets or material possessions. · A great amount; an abundance or plenty. quotations ▽. She brings a wealth of ... wealth DefinitionfromWiktionary,thefreedictionary Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Contents 1English 1.1Alternativeforms 1.2Etymology 1.3Pronunciation 1.4Noun 1.4.1Synonyms 1.4.2Derivedterms 1.4.3Translations 1.5References English[edit] EnglishWikipediahasanarticleon:wealthWikipedia Alternativeforms[edit] wealthe,welth,welthe(allobsolete) Etymology[edit] InheritedfromMiddleEnglishwelth,welthe(“happiness,prosperity”),fromOldEnglish*welþ,weleþu,fromProto-WestGermanic*waliþu(“wealth”). Alternatively,possiblyanalteration(duetosimilarwordsin-th:comparehelth(“health”),derth(“dearth”))ofwele(“wealth,well-being,weal”),fromOldEnglishwela(“wealth,prosperity”),fromProto-Germanic*walô(“well-being,prosperity”),fromProto-Indo-European*wel-(“good,best”);equivalenttoweal+‎-th.CognatewithDutchweelde(“wealth”),LowGermanweelde(“wealth”),OldHighGermanwelida,welitha(“wealth”).RelatedalsotoGermanWohl(“welfare,well-being,weal”),Danishvel(“weal,welfare”),Swedishväl(“well-being,weal”).Moreatweal,well. Pronunciation[edit] IPA(key):/wɛlθ/,[wɛl̪θ] Audio(US)(file) Rhymes:-ɛlθ Noun[edit] wealth(usuallyuncountable,pluralwealths) (economics)Riches;agreatamountofvaluableassetsormaterialpossessions. Agreatamount;anabundanceorplenty. Shebringsawealthofknowledgetotheproject. 2018July3,IanSample,“RoutineDNAtestswillputNHSatthe'forefrontofmedicine'”,inTheGuardian‎[1]:Beyonditsaimtobringpatientsthemosteffectivetreatmentsfaster,theserviceisexpectedtogenerateawealthofdataontheinterplaybetweenDNA,healthandlifestyles,whichwillbecomeapowerfultoolforresearchintocancerandotherdiseases. (obsolete)Prosperity;well-being;happiness. c.1596–1598,WilliamShakespeare,“TheMerchantofVenice”,inMr.WilliamShakespearesComedies,Histories,&Tragedies […](FirstFolio),London:[…]IsaacIaggard,andEd[ward]Blount,published1623,OCLC606515358,[ActV,scenei]:Ioncedidlendmybodyforhiswealth,/Which,butforhimthathadyourhusband'sring,/Hadquitemiscarried:[…] 1611,TheHolyBible, […](KingJamesVersion),London:[…]RobertBarker, […],OCLC964384981,1Corinthians10:24:Letnomanseekhisown,buteverymananother'swealth. Synonyms[edit] SeealsoThesaurus:wealth Derivedterms[edit] bridewealth cattlewealth commonwealth,Commonwealth culturalwealth generationalwealth megawealth redistributionofwealth rollinwealth self-madewealth sovereignwealthfund superwealth unwealth wealthen wealthful wealthfully wealthily wealthiness wealthless wealthlessness wealthy wealthyish  Translations[edit] riches;valuablematerialpossessions Albanian:pasuri (sq) m Arabic:أَمْوَال‎ m(ʾamwāl),ثَرْوَة‎ f(ṯarwa) Armenian:հարստություն (hy)(harstutʿyun),ինչք (hy)(inčʿkʿ),բարիք (hy)(barikʿ) Aromanian:aveari Azerbaijani:sərvət (az),dövlət (az),var-dövlət Bashkir:байлыҡ(baylïq) Basque:aberastasun Belarusian:бага́цце (be) n(baháccje),замо́жнасць f(zamóžnascʹ) Bengali:ধন (bn)(dhôn) Bulgarian:бога́тство (bg) n(bogátstvo) Burmese:ဓန (my)(dha.na.),စည်းစိမ် (my)(cany:cim),ဘောဂ (my)(bhau:ga.) Catalan:patrimoni (ca) m,riquesa (ca) f Chichewa:chuma Chinese: Cantonese:財富,财富(coi4fu3) Mandarin:財富 (zh),财富 (zh)(cáifù) MinNan:財富 (zh-min-nan),财富(châi-hù) Czech:bohatství (cs) n Danish:rigdom c Dutch:rijkdom (nl) m Edo:ẹ̀fè Esperanto:riĉeco Estonian:rikkus Finnish:varallisuus (fi);rikkaus (fi),rikkaudet pl French:richesse (fr) f Galician:facenda f,riqueza (gl) f Georgian:სიმდიდრე(simdidre) German:Reichtum (de) m,Vermögen (de) n Gothic:𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿 n(faihu),𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌴𐌹 f(gabei) Greek:πλούτος (el) m(ploútos) Ancient:πλοῦτος m(ploûtos) Hausa:dukiya Hebrew:עושר\עֹשֶׁר‎ (he) m('ósher) Hindi:धन (hi) m(dhan),संपत्ति (hi) f(sampatti) Hungarian:gazdagság (hu) Icelandic:auður (is) m Igala:ídúù,ùrà,ánána Igbo:àkụ̀,ọkụ̀,ụ̀ba Irish:saibhreas m Italian:ricchezza (it) f,patrimonio (it) m Izon:ụngọ́,tími-èbií Japanese:財産 (ja)(ざいさん,zaisan),富 (ja)(とみ,tomi),財 (ja)(たから,takara),富裕 (ja)(ふゆう,fuyū) Javanese:bandha (jv) Jeju:부(bu) Karakhanid:نانْكْ‎(nēŋ) Kazakh:байлық (kk)(baylıq) Khmer:វត្ថុ (km)(vŏətthoʼ),ធន (km)(thŭən) Korean:부유(富裕) (ko)(buyu),부(富) (ko)(bu) Krio:gentri Kurdish: NorthernKurdish:serwet (ku),dewlet (ku) Kyrgyz:байлык (ky)(baylıq) Lao:ຄວາມຮັ່ງມີ(khuāmhangmī),ຊັບສິນ (lo)(sapsin),ສິນ(sin),ຊັບ(sap) Latin:ops (la) f,dīvitiae f,locupletatio f Latvian:bagātība f,turība f Lithuanian:turtas (lt) m LowGerman: GermanLowGerman:Riekdom Lutshootseed:ʔiʔab Macedonian:богатство n(bogatstvo) Malay:kekayaan (ms) Manchu:ᡠᠯᡳᠨ(ulin) MiddleEnglish:win,wele,welthe NgazidjaComorian:mali 9or10 Norwegian: Bokmål:rikdom m Occitan:riquesa (oc) f OldEnglish:wela m Pashto:ثروت‎ (ps) m(sarwát),دارايي‎ (ps) f(dārāyí),دولت‎ (ps) m(dawlát) Persian:ثروت‎ (fa)(servat) Polish:zamożność (pl) f,bogactwo (pl) n Portuguese:riqueza (pt) f Quechua:kapuy Romanian:avere (ro) f,bogăție (ro) f Russian:бога́тство (ru) n(bogátstvo),благосостоя́ние (ru) n(blagosostojánije) Sanskrit:धन्य (sa) n(dhánya) ScottishGaelic:ionmhas m,beartas m,maoin f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic:бога̀тство n Roman:bogàtstvo (sh) n Slovak:bohatstvo n Slovene:bogástvo (sl) n Spanish:prosperidad (es) f,riqueza (es) f Swedish:rikedom (sv) c,förmögenhet (sv) c,välstånd (sv) c Tagalog:yaman (tl) Tajik:сарват(sarvat),боигарӣ(boyigarī),дороӣ(doroyī),давлат (tg)(davlat) Tatar:байлык (tt)(baylıq) Telugu:ఐశ్వర్యము (te)(aiśvaryamu),ధనము (te)(dhanamu) Thai:ความรวย (th)(kwaam-ruai),ความมั่งคั่ง (th)(kwaam-mâng-kâng),ธน (th)(ton) Tibetan:ཕྱུག(phyug) Turkish:servet (tr),varlık (tr) Turkmen:baýlyk (tk) Ukrainian:бага́тство (uk) n(bahátstvo),замо́жність (uk) f(zamóžnistʹ) Urdu:ثروت‎ f(sarvat),دھن‎ m(dhan),دولت‎ f(davlat) Uyghur:بايلىق‎(bayliq) Uzbek:boylik (uz),sarvat (uz)(dated),davlat (uz)(datedinthissense) Vietnamese:tàiphúc(財富),sựgiàucó (vi) Volapük:lieg (vo) Yiddish:רײַכקײַט‎ f(raykhkayt) Yoruba:ọlà,ọrọ̀ ǃXóõ:ǂkxʻái greatamount;anabundanceorplenty,usuallyofmoney Azerbaijani:bolluq (az),zənglinlik,kəlan Breton:pinvidigezh (br) f Bulgarian:изобилие (bg) n(izobilie) Catalan:riquesa (ca) f,abundància (ca) f Czech:bohatství (cs) n Danish:rigdom,velstand (da),formue Dutch:rijkdom (nl) m,weelde (nl) f Finnish:rikkaus (fi) French:profusion (fr) f,abondance (fr) f German:Fülle (de) f Greek:πλούτος (el) m(ploútos) Hungarian:vagyon (hu) Italian:abbondanza (it) f Japanese:豊富 (ja)(hōfu) Javanese:bandha (jv) Kurdish: CentralKurdish:دۆڵەمەندی‎(dollemendî),سامان‎ (ku)(saman) Latvian:mantība f,bagātība f,labklājība f LowGerman: GermanLowGerman:Riekdom MiddleEnglish:welthe Polish:bogactwo (pl) n,mnóstwo (pl) Portuguese:abundância (pt) f Russian:бога́тство (ru) n(bogátstvo),изоби́лие (ru) n(izobílije) ScottishGaelic:beartas m Swedish:rikedom (sv) c,förmögenhet (sv) c,välstånd (sv) c Turkish:bolluk (tr),varlıklılık (tr) power,ofthekindassociatedwithagreatdealofmoney Bulgarian:благосъстояние (bg) n(blagosǎstojanie) Dutch:vermogen (nl) n Finnish:rikkaus (fi) Japanese:富 (ja)(tomi) Portuguese:poder (pt) m Swedish:makt (sv) c,mäktighet c,välgång (sv) c Thetranslationsbelowneedtobecheckedandinsertedaboveintotheappropriatetranslationtables,removinganynumbers.Numbersdonotnecessarilymatchthoseindefinitions.SeeinstructionsatWiktionary:Entrylayout§Translations. Translationstobechecked Dutch:(pleaseverify)weelde (nl) f French:(pleaseverify)richesse (fr) f,(pleaseverify)fortune (fr) f Italian:(pleaseverify)ricchezza (it) f Korean:(pleaseverify)재산 (ko)(jaesan) Latin:(pleaseverify)divitiae f pl Mandarin:(pleaseverify)財富 (zh),(pleaseverify)财富 (zh)(cáifù) Persian:(pleaseverify)ثروت‎ (fa)(servat) Romanian:(pleaseverify)avere (ro) f,(pleaseverify)bogăție (ro) f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic:(pleaseverify)богатство n Roman:(pleaseverify)bogatstvo (sh) n,(pleaseverify)imućnost (sh) f Spanish:(pleaseverify)riqueza (es) f Telugu:(pleaseverify)సంపద (te)(sampada) References[edit] wealthatOneLookDictionarySearch wealthinKeywordsforToday:A21stCenturyVocabulary,editedbyTheKeywordsProject,ColinMacCabe,HollyYanacek,2018. "wealth"inRaymondWilliams,Keywords(revised),1983,FontanaPress,page331. “wealth”inTheCenturyDictionary,NewYork,N.Y.:TheCenturyCo.,1911. “wealth”inWebster’sRevisedUnabridgedDictionary,G.&C.Merriam,1913. 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