monetary

English

Etymology

From Middle French monétaire, from Late Latin monētārius (“pertaining to money”), from Latin monētārius (“of a mint”), from monēta (“mint, coinage”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌnɪtɹi/, /ˈmʌnɪtəɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnɪteɹi/, /ˈmʌnəteɹi/

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Adjective

monetary (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or consisting of money.

Related terms

• mint
• monetarism
• monetarist
• money

 

Translations

of or relating to money

• Afrikaans: monetêr
• Bulgarian: паричен (paričen), валутен (valuten)
• Catalan: monetari (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貨幣 (zh), 货币 (zh) (huòbì)

• Czech: peněžní (cs)
• Dutch: monetair (nl)
• Esperanto: mona (eo)
• Finnish: raha-, rahallinen (fi), monetaarinen (fi)
• French: monétaire (fr)
• Galician: monetario m
• German: monetär (de), Geld- (de)
• Greek: χρηματικός (el) m (chrimatikós), νομισματικός (el) m (nomismatikós)

• Hungarian: pénzügyi (hu), monetáris
• Italian: monetario (it)
• Japanese: 貨幣の (ja) (かへいの, kahei no), 金銭的な (きんせんてきな, kinsenteki na)
• Manx: argidoil
• Polish: monetarny (pl)
• Portuguese: monetário (pt)
• Romanian: monetar (ro), bănesc (ro)
• Russian: де́нежный (ru) (dénežnyj), валю́тный (ru) (valjútnyj)
• Spanish: monetario (es)
• Ukrainian: валю́тний (uk) (valjútnyj)
• Welsh: ariannol (cy)
• Zazaki: perevi

Further reading

• monetary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• monetary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• monetary at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• myronate