valuta

See also: valūta and valūtā

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian valuta (“currency”). Doublet of value.

Noun

valuta (plural valute or valutas)

1. A foreign currency; any monetary standard.
   • 2012, Will Self, ‘Diary’, London Review of Books, vol. 34 no.21:

     It helps that the gamer’s proxy is always on a quest – for money, gold, any token that may have valuta if not intrinsic value.

Albanian

Noun

valuta

1. inflection of valutë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian valuta.

Noun

valuta f

1. foreign currency in cash

Declension

Declension of valuta (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	valuta	valuty
genitive	valuty	valut
dative	valutě	valutám
accusative	valutu	valuty
vocative	valuto	valuty
locative	valutě	valutách
instrumental	valutou	valutami

Related terms

• See vale

Further reading

• “valuta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “valuta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian valuta.

Noun

valuta c (singular definite valutaen, plural indefinite valutaer)

1. currency (money or other item used to facilitate transactions)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian valuta. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term, particularly:

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaːˈly.taː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: va‧lu‧ta

Noun

valuta m or f (plural valuta's, no diminutive)

1. currency (money or other item used to facilitate transactions)

   De dollar is een veelgebruikte valuta in internationale handel.

   The dollar is a commonly used currency in international trade.

Synonyms

• geldeenheid
• munteenheid

Derived terms

• cryptovaluta

Descendants

• → Indonesian: valuta

Estonian

Noun

valuta

1. abessive singular of valu

Verb

valuta

1. inflection of valutama:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative

Hungarian

Etymology

Internationalism mainly via German Valuta^(de). First attested in 1809.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒlutɒ]
• Hyphenation: va‧lu‧ta
• Rhymes: -tɒ

Noun

valuta (plural valuták)

1. monetary system (of a country or state)
2. currency, especially foreign currency

   Synonym: valutanem

   Hypernyms: pénznem, fizetőeszköz

   Hyponym: deviza

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	valuta	valuták
accusative	valutát	valutákat
dative	valutának	valutáknak
instrumental	valutával	valutákkal
causal-final	valutáért	valutákért
translative	valutává	valutákká
terminative	valutáig	valutákig
essive-formal	valutaként	valutákként
essive-modal	valutául	—
inessive	valutában	valutákban
superessive	valután	valutákon
adessive	valutánál	valutáknál
illative	valutába	valutákba
sublative	valutára	valutákra
allative	valutához	valutákhoz
elative	valutából	valutákból
delative	valutáról	valutákról
ablative	valutától	valutáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	valutáé	valutáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	valutáéi	valutákéi

Possessive forms of valuta

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	valutám	valutáim
2nd person sing.	valutád	valutáid
3rd person sing.	valutája	valutái
1st person plural	valutánk	valutáink
2nd person plural	valutátok	valutáitok
3rd person plural	valutájuk	valutáik

Derived terms

• valutájú
• valutás
• valutázik

Compound words

• aranyvaluta
• euróvaluta
• kriptovaluta
• valuta-bűncselekmény
• valutaalap
• valutaárfolyam
• valutabíróság
• valutacsempész
• valutaközösség
• valutarendszer
• valutaüzér

Further reading

• valuta in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch valuta, from Italian valuta (“currency”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /vaˈluta/ [faˈlu.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -uta
• Syllabification: va‧lu‧ta

Noun

valuta (plural valuta-valuta)

1. currency

Hyponyms

• valuta asing

Further reading

• “valuta”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaˈlu.ta/
• Rhymes: -uta
• Hyphenation: va‧lù‧ta

Noun

valuta f (plural valute)

1. currency

   Synonyms: moneta, divisa

2. value date

Descendants

• → English: valuta
• → Danish: valuta
• → Dutch: valuta
• → Polish: waluta
• → Finnish: valuutta
• → Romanian: valută
• → Russian: валюта (valjuta)
• → Serbo-Croatian: valúta / валу́та
• → Ukrainian: валюта (valjuta)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.lu.ta/, (traditional, careful style) /vaˈlu.ta/
• Rhymes: -aluta, (traditional, careful style) -uta
• Hyphenation: và‧lu‧ta, (traditional, careful style) va‧lù‧ta

Verb

valuta

1. inflection of valutare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Ladin

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian valuta.

Noun

valuta f (plural valutes)

1. importance
2. value
3. currency

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian valuta.

Noun

valuta m (definite singular valutaen, indefinite plural valutaer, definite plural valutaene)

1. a currency

Derived terms

• valutakurs

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian valuta.

Noun

valuta m (definite singular valutaen, indefinite plural valutaer or valutaar, definite plural valutaene or valutaane)

1. a currency

Derived terms

• valutakurs

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian valuta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋalǔːta/
• Hyphenation: va‧lu‧ta

Noun

valúta f (Cyrillic spelling валу́та)

1. currency

Declension

Declension of valuta

	singular	plural
nominative	valuta	valute
genitive	valute	valuta
dative	valuti	valutama
accusative	valutu	valute
vocative	valuto	valute
locative	valuti	valutama
instrumental	valutom	valutama

References

• “valuta”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian valuta.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

valuta c

1. a currency (money or other item used to facilitate transactions)

Declension

Declension of valuta

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	valuta	valutas
	definite	valutan	valutans
plural	indefinite	valutor	valutors
	definite	valutorna	valutornas

Related terms

• hårdvaluta
• valutakurs
• valutarestriktion