English
( one who handles financial records ) : acc.
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From Middle English , from Middle French acuntant . Equivalent to account + -ant . First attested in the mid 15th century.
Noun
accountant (plural accountants )
One who renders account ; one accountable .
A reckoner , or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s).
( accounting ) One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts.
( accounting ) One whose profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another. The records are usually, but not always, financial records.
Quotations
[1900 , Francis William Pixley, Accountancy — constructive and recording accountancy (Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd, London). [1] , 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
Translations
one who renders account; one accountable
a reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s)
Afrikaans: rekenmeester , boekhouer
Albanian: llogaritar (sq) m
Arabic: مُحَاسِب m ( muḥāsib ) , مُحَاسِبَة f ( muḥāsiba )
Armenian: հաշվապահ (hy) ( hašvapah )
Azerbaijani: mühasib , buxalter
Belarusian: бухга́лтар m ( buxháltar ) , бухга́лтарка f ( buxháltarka ) , рахункаво́д m ( raxunkavód ) , рахункаво́дка f ( raxunkavódka )
Bengali: হিসাবরক্ষক ( hisabôrôkshôk )
Bulgarian: счетоводи́тел m ( sčetovodítel ) , счетоводи́телка f ( sčetovodítelka )
Burmese: စာရင်းကိုင် (my) ( carang:kuing )
Catalan: comptable (ca) m or f
Chechen: бухгалтер ( buxgalter )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 會計 / 会计 (zh) ( kuàijì ) , 会计 (zh) ( kuàijì ) , 會計師 / 会计师 (zh) ( kuàijìshī ) , 会计师 (zh) ( kuàijìshī )
Czech: účetní (cs) m
Danish: bogholder c
Dutch: boekhouder (nl) m , accountant (nl) m
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) ( akāuṇṭẽṭ )
Hungarian: könyvelő (hu)
Icelandic: endurskoðandi m
Indonesian: akuntan (id)
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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 )
Khmer: គណនេយ្យករ (km) ( kʊənnaʔneykɑɑ, keaʔnaʔnəykɑɑ )
Korean: 회계사 (ko) ( hoegyesa ) (會計士 (ko) )
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
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Latvian: grāmatvedis m
Lithuanian: buhalteris (lt) m
Luxembourgish: Comptabel m
Macedonian: сметково́дител m ( smetkovóditel )
Malay: akauntan
Maltese: accountant m
Mongolian: нягтлан бодогч ( njagtlan bodogč )
Norman: comptabl'ye m or f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: regnskapsfører m , bokholder m
Persian: محاسب (fa) ( mohâseb ) , حسابدار (fa) ( hesâbdâr )
Polish: księgowy (pl) m pers , księgowa (pl) f , buchalter (pl) m pers ( dated )
Portuguese: contador (pt) m , contabilista (pt) m or f
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
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 )
Swedish: bokhållare (sv) c
Tagalog: tagapagtuos (tl)
Tajik: бухгалтер ( buxgalter ) , муҳосиб ( muhosib ) , ҳисобчӣ ( hisobčī )
Thai: นักบัญชี ( nák banchee )
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 ( akāunṭenṭ )
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 )
Chechen: бухгалтер ( buxgalter )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 會計 / 会计 (zh) ( kuàijì ) , 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
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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 )
Portuguese: contador (pt) m
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
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 )
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 ) , 会计 (zh) ( kuàijì )
Czech: účetní (cs) m
Danish: bogholder
Dutch: boekhouder (nl) m
Esperanto: kalkulisto
Finnish: tilintarkastaja (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
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Italian: ragioniere (it) m
Japanese: 会計士 (ja) ( かいけいし, kaikeishi )
Kazakh: бухгалтер ( buxgalter )
Korean: 회계사 (ko) ( hoegyesa ) (會計士 (ko) )
Macedonian: сметково́дител m ( smetkovóditel )
Malay: akauntan
Norman: comptabl'ye m or f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: regnskapsfører
Polish: księgowy (pl) m pers , księgowa (pl) f
Portuguese: contador (pt) m , contabilista (pt) m or f
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 )
Translations to be checked
Etymology 2
First attested in the early 15th century.
Adjective
accountant (comparative more accountant , superlative most accountant )
( obsolete ) Accountable .
Usage notes
( adjective ) : Followed by the word to .