wealth

English

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Alternative forms

• wealthe, welth, welthe (all obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɛlθ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛlθ

Etymology

From Middle English welth, welthe, weolthe ‎(“happiness, prosperity”), from Old English *welþ, *weleþu, from Proto-Germanic *waliþō ‎(“wealth”). Alternatively, possibly an alteration (due to similar words in -th: compare helth ‎(“health”), derth ‎(“dearth”)) of wele ‎(“wealth, well-being, weal”), from Old English wela ‎(“wealth, prosperity”), from Proto-Germanic *walô ‎(“well-being, prosperity”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- ‎(“good, best”), equivalent to weal +‎ -th. Cognate with Dutch weelde ‎(“wealth”), Low German weelde ‎(“wealth”), Old High German welida, welitha ‎(“wealth”). Related also to German Wohl ‎(“welfare, well-being, weal”), Danish vel ‎(“weal, welfare”), Swedish väl ‎(“well-being, weal”). More at weal, well.

Noun

wealth ‎(usually uncountable, plural wealths)

1. Riches; valuable material possessions.
2. A great amount; an abundance or plenty.

   She brings a wealth of knowledge to the project.

3. (obsolete) Weal; welfare; prosperity; good; well-being; happiness; joy.
   • 1611, Bible (KJV), Corinthians-Chapter-10/#24 1 Corinthians 10:24:

     Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:wealth

Derived terms

• wealthy

Translations

riches; valuable material possessions

• Arabic: أَمْوَال m ‎(ʾamwāl), ثَرْوَة f ‎(ṯarwa)
• Armenian: հարստություն (hy) ‎(harstutʿyun), ինչք (hy) ‎(inčʿkʿ), բարիք (hy) ‎(barikʿ)
• Aromanian: aveari
• Basque: aberastasun
• Belarusian: бага́цце n ‎(baháccje)
• Bulgarian: богатство (bg) n ‎(bogátstvo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 財富 (zh), 财富 (zh) ‎(cáifù)

• Czech: bohatství (cs) n
• Danish: rigdom
• Dutch: rijkdom (nl)
• Esperanto: riĉeco
• Finnish: rikkaus (fi), varallisuus (fi), rikkaudet pl
• French: richesse (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Reichtum (de) m, Vermögen (de) n
• Greek:

  Ancient: πλοῦτος m ‎(ploûtos)

• Hindi: धन (hi) m ‎(dhan)
• Hungarian: gazdagság (hu)
• Italian: ricchezza (it) f
• Japanese: 財産 (ja) ‎(ざいさん, zaisan), 富 (ja) ‎(とみ, tomi), 財 (ja) ‎(たから, takara), 富裕 (ja) ‎(ふゆう, fuyū)
• Khmer: វត្ថុ (km) ‎(voattʰo’)
• Korean: 부유 (ko) ‎(buyu)
• Krio: gentri

• Latvian: bagātība f, turība f
• Macedonian: бо́гатство n ‎(bógatstvo)
• Malay: kekayaan
• Persian: ثروت (fa) ‎(servat)
• Polish: zamożność (pl) f, bogactwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: riqueza (pt) f
• Quechua: kapuy
• Romanian: avere (ro) f, bogăție (ro) f
• Russian: бога́тство (ru) n ‎(bogátstvo), благосостоя́ние (ru) n ‎(blagosostojánije)
• Sanskrit: धन्य (sa) n ‎(dhanya)
• Scottish Gaelic: ionmhas m, beartas m, maoin f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: богатство n

  Roman: bogatstvo (sh) n

• Slovak: bohatstvo n
• Slovene: bogástvo (sl) n
• Spanish: prosperidad (es) f, riqueza (es) f
• Swedish: rikedom (sv) c, förmögenhet (sv) c, välstånd (sv) c
• Telugu: ఐశ్వర్యము (te) ‎(aiśvaryamu), ధనము (te) ‎(dhanamu)
• Turkish: servet (tr), varlık (tr)
• Ukrainian: бага́тство (uk) n ‎(bahátstvo)
• Urdu: دھن m ‎(dhan), ثروت f ‎(sarvat)
• Uzbek: boylik (uz)
• Vietnamese: tài phúc (財富)
• Volapük: lieg (vo)
• Yiddish: רײַכקײַט f ‎(raykhkayt)
• ǃXóõ: ǂkxʻái

great amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money

• Breton: pinvidigezh (br) f
• Czech: bohatství (cs) n
• Danish: rigdom, velstand (da), formue
• Dutch: rijkdom (nl) m
• Finnish: rikkaus (fi)
• French: profusion (fr) f, abondance (fr) f
• German: Fülle (de) f
• Greek: πλούτος (el) m ‎(ploútos) (ploútos)
• Hungarian: vagyon (hu)
• Italian: abbondanza (it) f

• Japanese: 豊富 (ja) ‎(hōfu)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: دۆڵه‌مه‌ندی ‎(doLamandee), سامان (ku) ‎(sAmAn)

• Latvian: mantība f, bagātība f, labklājība f
• Polish: bogactwo (pl) n, mnóstwo (pl)
• Portuguese: abundância (pt) f
• Russian: бога́тство (ru) n ‎(bogátstvo), изоби́лие (ru) n ‎(izobílije)
• Scottish Gaelic: beartas m
• Swedish: rikedom (sv) c, förmögenhet (sv) c, välstånd (sv) c
• Turkish: bolluk (tr), varlıklılık (tr)

power, of the kind associated with a great deal of money

• Dutch: vermogen (nl) n
• Finnish: rikkaus (fi)
• Japanese: 富 (ja) ‎(tomi)

• Portuguese: poder (pt) m
• Swedish: makt (sv) c, mäktighet c, välgång c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ثروَة (θárwa) f
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} bogatstvo n
• Mandarin: 財富, 财富 (cáifù)
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} bogatstvo n
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} weelde f
• French: ^{(please verify)} richesse f
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} ricchezza f
• Korean: 재산 (jaesan)
• Latin: divitiae f pl

• Persian: ^{(please verify)} ثروت (fa) ‎(sarwat)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} avere f, ^{(please verify)} bogăție f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: богатство n

  Roman: bogatstvo n, imućnost f

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} riqueza f
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} సంపద (te) ‎(saṃpada) (saMpada)

External links

• wealth in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• wealth in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911