fisc
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɪsk/
- Rhymes: -ɪsk
Noun
fisc (plural fiscs)
- (Ancient Rome) The public treasury of Rome.
- Any state treasury or exchequer.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, p. 340:
- When they had resolved to appropriate to the Fisc, a certain portion of the landed property of their conquered country, it was their business to render their bank a real fund of credit […].
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, p. 340:
Related terms
Catalan
Related terms
Further reading
- “fisc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fisk/
Noun
fisc m (plural fiscs)
- (economics) tax authorities, fiscal administration
- government department of taxation
Further reading
- “fisc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *fisk, Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ- (“fish”).
Alternative forms
Descendants
Old English

The word fisc is found on the early 8th century Franks Casket, one of the oldest monuments of Old English ("ᚠᛁᛋᚳ.ᚠᛚᚩᛞᚢ" or "fisc flódu") .
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fiʃ/
Declension
Derived terms
- fisċere (“fisherman”)
- fiscian (“to fish”)
- fisċnett (“fishing net”)
- sċielfisċ (“shellfish”)
- *sweordfisċ (“swordfish”)
Descendants
Old Saxon
Romanian
Declension
declension of fisc (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) fisc | fiscul |
genitive/dative | (unui) fisc | fiscului |
vocative | fiscule |
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