monetary

English

Etymology

From Middle French monétaire, from Late Latin monētārius (“pertaining to money”), from Latin monētārius (“of a mint”), from monēta (“mint, coinage”), from the presence—from 273 BC to AD 84—of the chief Roman mint at the Templum Iunonis Monetae (“Temple of Juno Moneta”), q.v. Doublet of minter.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌnɪt(ə)ɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnɪtɛɹi/, /ˈmʌnətɛɹi/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈman.ə.teː.ɹi/

Adjective

monetary (not comparable)

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

   Although of little monetary value, Rosie treasured her late grandfather's old hunting gear.

Derived terms

• monetarily
• monetary impotence
• monetary instrument
• monetary policy
• monetary unit
• non-monetary

Related terms

• mint
• monetarism
• monetarist
• money

 

Translations

of or relating to money

• Afrikaans: monetêr
• Arabic: نَقْدِيّ (naqdiyy), مَالِيّ (māliyy)
• Armenian: դրամական (hy) (dramakan)
• Belarusian: валю́тны (valjútny), грашавы́ (hrašavý)
• Bulgarian: пари́чен (paríčen), валу́тен (valúten)
• Catalan: monetari (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貨幣／货币 (zh) (huòbì)

• Czech: peněžní (cs)
• Danish: monetær
• Dutch: geld- (nl), geldelijk (nl), monetair (nl)
• Esperanto: mona (eo)
• Finnish: raha-, rahallinen (fi), monetaarinen (fi)
• French: monétaire (fr)
• Galician: monetario m
• Georgian: ფულადი (puladi)
• German: Geld- (de), geldlich (de), finanziell (de), pekuniär (de), monetär (de)
• Greek: χρηματικός (el) m (chrimatikós), νομισματικός (el) m (nomismatikós)
• Hungarian: pénzügyi (hu), monetáris (hu)
• Indonesian: moneter (id)
• Irish: airgeadúil, airgeadaíochta
• 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)
• Korean: 화폐(貨幣) (ko) (hwapye)
• Latin: monetarius, monetalis
• Macedonian: паричен (paričen), монета́рен (monetáren)
• Malay: مونيتاري (monétari)
• Manx: argidoil
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: monetær

• Persian: پولی (fa) (puli), مالی (fa) (mâli)
• Polish: monetarny (pl), pieniężny (pl), walutowy (pl)
• Portuguese: monetário (pt)
• Romanian: monetar (ro), bănesc (ro)
• Russian: де́нежный (ru) (dénežnyj), валю́тный (ru) (valjútnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: но̀вчанӣ

  Roman: nòvčanī (sh)

• Slovak: peňažný
• Slovene: denaren, monetaren
• Spanish: monetario (es)
• Swedish: monetär (sv), penning- (sv)
• Turkish: parasal (tr)
• Ukrainian: валю́тний (uk) (valjútnyj), грошови́й (hrošovýj), гроше́вий (hrošévyj)
• Welsh: ariannol (cy)
• Zazaki: perevi

Further reading

• “monetary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “monetary”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “monetary”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• myronate, naometry