# fiscal
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɪskəl/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪskəl
* Hyphenation: fis‧cal

### Etymology 1

From Middle French fiscal, from Latin fiscus (“treasury”) – see fiscus and fisc.

#### Adjective

fiscal (comparative more fiscal, superlative most fiscal)
* Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.
    fiscal matters
    fiscal lawyer
    fiscal system
* (proscribed) Pertaining to finance and money in general; financial.
* Being a fiscal year.
** 1990 August 31, John Zeh, “NEA Session Disrupted”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 7, page 3:The allotment is $22 million less than the Pentagon spent on military bands in fiscal 1990.

##### Derived terms

* discretionary fiscal policy
* fiscalamity
* fiscal cliff
* fiscal conservatism
* fiscal conservative
* fiscal deficit
* fiscal dominance
* fiscal drag
* fiscalism
* fiscalist
* fiscalization
* fiscalize
* fiscal law
* fiscally
* fiscal office
* fiscal policy
* fiscal stamp
* fiscal tariff
* fiscal year
* nonfiscal
* parafiscal

##### Related terms

* confiscate
* confiscation
* fisc

##### Translations
#### Noun

fiscal (plural fiscals)
* A public official in certain countries having control of public revenue.
** 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 149:‘There I was interrogated by the Fiscal, who was making out a proces verbal […] .’
* (Scots law) Procurator fiscal, a public prosecutor.
* (law) In certain countries, including Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and former colonies of these countries and certain British colonies, solicitor or attorney general.

##### Translations
#### Related terms

* fisc

#### See also

* finance, financial

### Etymology 2

From Spanish fiscal, ultimately from Latin fiscus (“treasury”).

#### Noun

fiscal (plural fiscals)
* (Philippines, law) A public prosecutor (UK) or a district attorney (US).

### Etymology 3

After Afrikaans fiskaal (“public official, hangman”).

#### Noun

fiscal (plural fiscals)
* Any of various African shrikes of the genus Lanius.

##### Derived terms

* grey-backed fiscal

##### See also

* Lanius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Lanius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

### Anagrams

* califs, cifals

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fiscālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [fisˈkal]

### Adjective

fiscal m or f (masculine and feminine plural fiscals)
* fiscal, tax

### Noun

fiscal m or f by sense (plural fiscals)
* (law) public prosecutor (UK), district attorney (US)

#### Derived terms

* fiscalia
* fiscalitat
* fiscalitzar

### Further reading

* “fiscal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “fiscal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “fiscal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “fiscal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fiscālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fis.kal/

### Adjective

fiscal (feminine fiscale, masculine plural fiscaux, feminine plural fiscales)
* fiscal, financial

#### Derived terms

* abri fiscal
* année fiscale
* évasion fiscale
* fraude fiscale
* paradis fiscal

#### Related terms

* fiscalité

### Further reading

* “fiscal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* lascif

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fiscālis.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /fisˈkaw/ [fisˈkaʊ̯]
* (Brazil) IPA: /fisˈkaw/ [fisˈkaʊ̯]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /fiʃˈkaw/ [fiʃˈkaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /fiʃˈkal/ [fiʃˈkaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /fiʃˈkal/ [fiʃˈkaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /fiʃˈka.li/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
* Hyphenation: fis‧cal

### Adjective

fiscal m or f (plural fiscais)
* fiscal (relating to taxes)
    Synonym: tributário

#### Derived terms

* fiscalizar
* fiscalização
* fiscalmente

### Noun

fiscal m or f by sense (plural fiscais)
* fiscal, inspector

#### Related terms

* fisco

### Further reading

* “fiscal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French fiscal. By surface analysis, fisc +‎ -al.

### Adjective

fiscal m or n (feminine singular fiscală, masculine plural fiscali, feminine and neuter plural fiscale)
* fiscal

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin fiscālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fisˈkal/ [fisˈkal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: fis‧cal

### Adjective

fiscal m or f (masculine and feminine plural fiscales)
* fiscal
* prosecuting

#### Derived terms

* déficit fiscal
* domicilio fiscal
* evasión fiscal
* fiscalidad
* fiscalizar
* fiscalmente
* paraíso fiscal
* presión fiscal

### Noun

fiscal m (plural fiscales, feminine fiscal or fiscala, feminine plural fiscales or fiscalas)
* (law) public prosecutor (UK), district attorney (US)
** 2015 September 15, “Anticorrupción pide la imputación del exministro Pimentel en los ERE”, in El País‎:En el escrito elevado a la titular del Juzgado de Instrucción 6 de Sevilla, los fiscales piden la imputación de Pimentel y otras 24 personas —algunas ya imputadas en la causa— no solo por la ayuda a Taller de Libros sino también por el pago de las prejubilaciones de 10 trabajadores de la empresa cordobesa.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Derived terms

* fiscalía
* ministerio fiscal

#### Related terms

* fisco

### Further reading

* “fiscal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10