accountant

English

Alternative forms

(one who handles financial records): acc.

Etymology

From Middle English, from Middle French acuntant. Equivalent to account +‎ -ant. First attested in the mid 15th century.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ə.ˈkaʊn.tənt/, [ə.ˈkæʊn.ʔn̩ʔ]

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

accountant (plural accountants)

1. One who renders account; one accountable.
2. A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s).
3. (accounting) One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts.
4. (accounting) One whose profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another. The records are usually, but not always, financial records.
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Quotations

• [1900, Francis William Pixley, Accountancy — constructive and recording accountancy (Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd, London).‎^[2], volume 1, page 4:

  The word Accountant is derived from the French word compter, which took its origin from the Latin word computare. The word was formerly written in English as "accomptant", but in process of time the word, which was always pronounced by dropping the "p", became gradually changed both in pronunciation and in orthography to its present form.]

Derived terms

• accountant general
• certified accountant
• Certified National Accountant
• certified public accountant
• chartered accountant
• forensic accountant
• management accountant
• turf accountant

 

Related terms

• account

Descendants

• → Dutch: accountant
  • → Indonesian: akuntan

Translations

one who renders account; one accountable

• Irish: cuntasóir m
• Romanian: contabil (ro) m, contabilă (ro) f
• Russian: отве́тчик (ru) m (otvétčik), отве́тчица (ru) f (otvétčica)
• Spanish: (Latin America) contador (es) m, contadora (es) f, (Spain) contable (es) m or f

a reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s)

• Afrikaans: rekenmeester, boekhouer (af)
• Albanian: llogaritar (sq) m, llogaritare (sq) f
• Arabic: مُحَاسِب‎ m (muḥāsib), مُحَاسِبَة‎ f (muḥāsiba)
• Armenian: հաշվապահ (hy) (hašvapah)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢܵܐ‎ m (maḥšḇānā), ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢܝܼܬܵܐ‎ f (maḥšḇānītā), ܚܲܫܒܢܵܢܵܐ‎ m (ḥašbnānā)
• Azerbaijani: mühasib, buxalter
• Belarusian: бухга́лтар m (buxháltar), бухга́лтарка f (buxháltarka), рахункаво́д m (raxunkavód), рахункаво́дка f (raxunkavódka)
• Bengali: হিসাবরক্ষক (hiśaborokkhok)
• Bulgarian: счетоводи́тел m (sčetovodítel), счетоводи́телка f (sčetovodítelka)
• Burmese: စာရင်းကိုင် (my) (carang:kuing)
• Catalan: comptable (ca) m or f
• Chechen: бухгалтер (buxgalter)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 會計／会计 (wui⁶ gai³, kui² gai³, kui³ gai³), 會計師／会计师 (wui⁶ gai³ si¹)

  Mandarin: 會計／会计 (zh) (kuàijì), 會計師／会计师 (zh) (kuàijìshī)

• Czech: účetní (cs) m
• Danish: bogholder (da) c
• Dutch: boekhouder (nl) m, accountant (nl) m
• Esperanto: kalkulisto
• Estonian: raamatupidaja (et)
• Finnish: kirjanpitäjä (fi)
• French: comptable (fr) m or f
• Georgian: ბუღალტერი (buɣalṭeri)
• German: Buchhalter (de) m, Buchhalterin (de) f
• Greek: λογιστής (el) m (logistís), λογίστρια (el) f (logístria)
• Hebrew: רוֹאֵה חֶשְׁבּוֹן‎ (he) m (ro'é kheshbón)
• Hindi: मुनीम (hi) m (munīm), लेखाकार m (lekhākār), अकाउंटेंट (hi) m or f (akāuṇṭeṇṭ)
• Hungarian: könyvelő (hu)
• Icelandic: endurskoðandi m
• Indonesian: akuntan (id)
• Irish: cuntasóir m
• Italian: contabile (it) m, ragioniere (it) m, capocarico m
• Japanese: 会計士 (ja) (かいけいし, kaikeishi)
• Kazakh: бухгалтер (buxgalter), бұғалтыр (būğaltyr)
• Khmer: គណនេយ្យករ (km) (kŭənnaʼnɨykɑɑ)
• Korean: 회계사(會計士) (ko) (hoegyesa)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: jimarker (ku), muhasebevan (ku), hesabdar (ku)

• Kyrgyz: бухгалтер (ky) (buhgalter)
• Lao: ຄະນະກະ (kha na ka), ສມຸບັນຊີ (sa mu ban sī), ນັກບັນຊີ (nak ban sī)
• Latin: tabulārius m, ratiōcinātor m, perscriptor m
• Latvian: grāmatvedis m
• Lithuanian: buhalteris (lt) m
• Luxembourgish: Comptabel m
• Macedonian: сметководител m (smetkovoditel), сметководителка f (smetkovoditelka)
• Malay: akauntan
• Maltese: accountant m
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: нягтлан бодогч (njagtlan bodogč)

  Mongolian: ᠨᠢᠭᠲᠠᠯᠠᠨ
  ᠪᠣᠳᠤᠭᠴᠢ (niɣtalan boduɣči)

• Norman: comptabl'ye m or f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: regnskapsfører m, bokholder m

• Ottoman Turkish: روزنامه‌جی‎ (ruznameci), حسابجی‎ (hisabcı)
• Pashto: محاسب‎ m (mahāséb)
• Persian: حسابدار‎ (fa) (hesâbdâr), محاسب‎ (fa) (mohâseb)
• Plautdietsch: Buakfiera f
• Polish: księgowy (pl) m, księgowa (pl) f, buchalter (pl) m
• Portuguese: contador (pt) m (Brazil), contabilista (pt) m or f (Portugal)
• Romanian: contabil (ro) m, contabilă (ro) f
• Russian: бухга́лтер (ru) m (buxgálter), бухга́лтерша (ru) f (buxgálterša), счетово́д (ru) m (sčetovód), счетово́дка (ru) f (sčetovódka)
• Sanskrit: गुणक (sa) m (guṇaka)
• Scottish Gaelic: cunntasair m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: рачуно̀вођа m

  Roman: računòvođa (sh) m

• Slovak: účtovník m, účtovníčka f
• Slovene: računovodja m, računovodkinja f
• Spanish: contable (es) m (Spain), contador (es) m (Latin America)
• Swahili: mhasibu (sw)
• Swedish: bokhållare (sv) c
• Tagalog: tagapagtuos (tl)
• Tajik: бухгалтер (buxgalter), муҳосиб (muhosib), ҳисобчӣ (hisobčī), ҳисобдор (hisobdor)
• Tatar: бухгалтер (buxgalter)
• Thai: นักบัญชี (nák-ban-chii)
• Turkish: muhasebeci (tr), muhasip (tr), sayman (tr)
• Turkmen: hasapçy, buhgalter (tk)
• Ukrainian: бухга́лтер (uk) m (buxhálter), бухга́лтерка (uk) f (buxhálterka), рахівни́к m (raxivnýk), рахівни́ця f (raxivnýcja)
• Urdu: محاسب‎ m (muhāsib), اکاؤنٹنٹ‎ m or f (akāunṭenṭ)
• Uyghur: بوغالتىر‎ (boghaltir), ھېسابچى‎ (hësabchi)
• Uzbek: buxgalter (uz), hisobchi (uz)
• Vietnamese: kế toán (vi)
• Walloon: contåbe (wa) m or f
• Welsh: cyfrifydd m
• Yiddish: בוכהאַלטער‎ m (bukhhalter), עקאָנאָם‎ m (ekonom)

one who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts

• Arabic: مُحَاسِب‎ m (muḥāsib), مُحَاسِبَة‎ f (muḥāsiba)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢܵܐ‎ m (maḥšḇānā), ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢܝܼܬܵܐ‎ f (maḥšḇānītā), ܚܲܫܒܢܵܢܵܐ‎ m (ḥašbnānā)
• Chechen: бухгалтер (buxgalter)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 會計／会计 (zh) (kuàijì)

• Czech: účetní (cs) m
• Dutch: boekhouder (nl) m
• French: comptable (fr) m or f
• Greek: λογιστής (el) m (logistís), λογίστρια (el) f (logístria)
• Irish: cuntasóir m
• Japanese: 会計係 (かいけいがかり, kaikei gakari), 経理担当者 (けいりたんとうしゃ, keiri tantōsha)
• Macedonian: сметково́дител m (smetkovóditel)
• Ottoman Turkish: روزنامه‌جی‎ (ruznameci)
• Quechua: yupanki
• Romanian: contabil (ro) m, contabilă (ro) f
• Russian: бухга́лтер (ru) m (buxgálter), бухга́лтерша (ru) f (buxgálterša), счетово́д (ru) m (sčetovód), счетово́дка (ru) f (sčetovódka)
• Scottish Gaelic: cunntasair m
• Ukrainian: бухга́лтер (uk) m (buxhálter), бухга́лтерша f (buxhálterša)
• Welsh: cyfrifydd m

one whose profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another

• Albanian: llogaritar (sq) m
• Arabic: مُحَاسِب‎ m (muḥāsib), مُحَاسِبَة‎ f (muḥāsiba)
• Armenian: հաշվապահ (hy) (hašvapah)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢܵܐ‎ m (maḥšḇānā), ܡܲܚܫܒ݂ܵܢܝܼܬܵܐ‎ f (maḥšḇānītā), ܚܲܫܒܢܵܢܵܐ‎ m (ḥašbnānā)
• Azerbaijani: mühasib, buxalter
• Belarusian: бухга́лтар m (buxháltar)
• Bulgarian: счетоводи́тел m (sčetovodítel)
• Burmese: စာရင်းကိုင် (my) (carang:kuing)
• Catalan: comptable (ca) m or f
• Chechen: бухгалтер (buxgalter)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 會計／会计 (zh) (kuàijì)

• Czech: účetní (cs) m
• Danish: bogholder (da)
• Dutch: boekhouder (nl) m
• Esperanto: kalkulisto
• Finnish: tilintarkastaja (fi), kirjanpitäjä (fi)
• French: expert-comptable (fr) m, comptable (fr) m
• German: Buchhalter (de) m, Buchhalterin (de) f
• Greek: λογιστής (el) m (logistís), λογίστρια (el) f (logístria)
• Hebrew: רוֹאֵה חֶשְׁבּוֹן‎ (he) m (ro'é kheshbón)
• Hungarian: könyvelő (hu)
• Indonesian: akuntan (id)
• Irish: cuntasóir m
• Italian: ragioniere (it) m
• Japanese: 会計士 (ja) (かいけいし, kaikeishi)
• Kazakh: бухгалтер (buxgalter)
• Korean: 회계사(會計士) (ko) (hoegyesa)
• Macedonian: сметково́дител m (smetkovóditel)
• Malay: akauntan
• Norman: comptabl'ye m or f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: regnskapsfører

• Ottoman Turkish: روزنامه‌جی‎ (ruznameci)
• Polish: księgowy (pl) m, księgowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: contador (pt) m (Brazil), contabilista (pt) m or f (Portugal)
• Romanian: contabil (ro) m, contabilă (ro) f
• Russian: бухга́лтер (ru) m (buxgálter), бухга́лтерша (ru) f (buxgálterša), счетово́д (ru) m (sčetovód), счетово́дка (ru) f (sčetovódka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: рачуновођа m

  Roman: računovođa (sh) m

• Slovak: účtovný m
• Slovene: računovodja m, računovodkinja f
• Spanish: contable (es) m (Spain), contador (es) m (Latin America)
• Tagalog: tagatuos
• Turkish: muhasebeci (tr)
• Ukrainian: бухга́лтер (uk) m (buxhálter)
• Yiddish: בוכהאַלטער‎ m (bukhhalter), עקאָנאָם‎ m (ekonom)

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Translations to be checked

• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} akuntan (id)
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} contabile
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} حسابدار‎ (fa) (hesâbdâr)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} contable (es)

References

• “accountant, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Adjective

accountant (comparative more accountant, superlative most accountant)

1. (obsolete, with to) Accountable. [15th–19th c.]

Translations

accountable — see accountable

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English accountant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈkɑu̯n.tənt/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: ac‧coun‧tant

Noun

accountant m (plural accountants)

1. An accountant; an account-keeper or auditor.

Related terms

• account

Descendants

• → Indonesian: akuntan