Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fisc

/fɪsk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English

Syllables: fisc
IPA: /fɪsk/

9

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The public treasury of Rome.

noun

Any state treasury or exchequer.

name

Example Sentences

"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 […]."
"He did not mention that Trump is about as popular with the British public as drug-resistant syphilis and that it would be political suicide to bribe him with cash out of the public fisc."

Etymology

Partly from Middle French fisc and partly from its etymon, Latin fiscus (“basket, money-bag, public treasury”); see fiscal.

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: fisc, fiscus

Inflected Forms

fiscs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

confiscate confiscation fiscal

Homonyms

fisk

Rhymes With

risk disc disk brisk whisk fisk frisk fiske bisque risc sisk lisk

Questions

How do you pronounce fisc?: The recorded pronunciation is /fɪsk/.
What does fisc mean?: The public treasury of Rome.
Where does fisc come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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