fiscaal

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • fiscael (obsolete)
  • fiskaal (before 1996)

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Latin fiscālis.

Adjective

fiscaal (comparative fiscaler, superlative fiscaalst)

  1. fiscal

Declension

Declension of fiscaal
uninflected fiscaal
inflected fiscale
comparative fiscaler
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial fiscaal fiscaler het fiscaalst
het fiscaalste
indefinite m./f. sing. fiscale fiscalere fiscaalste
n. sing. fiscaal fiscaler fiscaalste
plural fiscale fiscalere fiscaalste
definite fiscale fiscalere fiscaalste
partitive fiscaals fiscalers —

Derived terms

Noun

fiscaal m (plural fiscalen, diminutive fiscaaltje n, feminine fiscaalse)

  1. (historical) fiscal (public prosecutor in tax cases)
  2. (historical) civil servant representing the interests of the sovereign in certain governing boards; title of an advisory member in each of the admiralties of the Dutch Republic
  3. (historical) title of one of the board members of a rederijkerskamer
  4. (historical, South Africa) an officer of the Dutch East India Company in the Dutch Cape Colony who fulfilled the roles of attorney general, public prosecutor, chief magistrate, customs officer, and police chief. [1689–1785]
  5. (South Africa) Southern fiscal (Lanius collaris)

Derived terms

  • advocaat-fiscaal
  • auditeur-fiscaal
  • landsfiscaal
  • procureur-fiscaal
  • raad-fiscaal
  • waterfiscaal

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: fiskaal
  • Papiamentu: fiskal
  • Sranan Tongo: fiskari
  • → Buginese: pasikâla
  • → English: fiscal, scule, scol
  • → Indonesian: beskal, fiskal
  • → Javanese: beskal, biskal
  • → Madurese: biskal, peskal
  • → Makasar: pasikâla, pasikâlá
  • →? Sinhalese: [script needed] (piskal)
  • → Tamil: [script needed] (piskkāl)
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