bankruptcy

English

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Etymology

bankrupt +‎ -cy

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæŋkrʌptsɪ/

Noun

bankruptcy ‎(plural bankruptcies)

1. A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.

Derived terms

• (noun) pre-packaged bankruptcy
• (verb) to file for bankruptcy, to go bankrupt

Related terms

• (noun) depression, economic downturn, financial crisis, insolvency, recession
• (noun) (figuratively) moral bankruptcy
• (adjective) bankrupt, insolvent
• (adjective) (slang) broke, bust, belly up
• (adjective) (figuratively) morally bankrupt
• (verb) (slang) go broke, go bust, go belly up

Translations

legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency

• Arabic: إِفْلَاس m ‎(ʾiflās)
• Armenian: սնանկացում (hy) ‎(snankacʿum)
• Bulgarian: фалит (bg) ‎(falit), банкрут (bg) ‎(bankrut)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 破產 (zh), 破产 (zh) ‎(pòchǎn)

• Czech: úpadek m, bankrot (cs) m
• Danish: bankerot c, fallit c, konkurs c
• Dutch: bankroet (nl) n, failliet (nl) n, faling (nl) f, surseance van betaling m, f
• Esperanto: bankroto
• Estonian: pankrot
• Finnish: konkurssi (fi), vararikko (fi)
• French: faillite (fr) f, banqueroute (fr)
• German: Bankrott (de) m
• Greek: πτώχευση (el) f ‎(ptóchefsi), χρεωκοπία (el) f ‎(chreokopía)
• Hebrew: פשיטת רגל (he) f ‎(pshit'at regel)
• Hungarian: csőd (hu)
• Icelandic: gjaldþrot (is)
• Indonesian: bangkrut (id)
• Italian: bancarotta (it)
• Japanese: 破産 (ja) ‎(はさん, hasan), 破綻 (ja) ‎(はたん, hatan), 倒産 (ja) ‎(とうさん, tōsan)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} decoctio nom., ^{(please verify)} decoctionis gen.

• Maori: pēkerapu, pēkeraputanga
• Norman: banqueroute f, d'sastre m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: konkurs m

  Nynorsk: konkurs m

• Polish: bankructwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: falência (pt) f, bancarrota f
• Romanian: faliment (ro)
• Russian: банкро́тство (ru) n ‎(bankrótstvo)
• Scottish Gaelic: briseadh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сте̏ча̄ј m

  Roman: stȅčāj (sh) m

• Slovak: bankrot m
• Spanish: bancarrota (es) f, concurso (es)
• Swedish: konkurs (sv) c
• Tagalog: kiyebra
• Telugu: దివాళా తీయు ‎(divāḷā tīyu)
• Turkish: iflas (tr)
• Urdu: دیوالیہ پن m