Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: bankrupt

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* Esperanto: [[bankrota]]

 

* Esperanto: [[bankrota]]

 

* Finnish: [[vararikko|vararikossa]], [[vararikkoinen]], [[konkurssi|konkurssissa]]

 

* Finnish: [[vararikko|vararikossa]], [[vararikkoinen]], [[konkurssi|konkurssissa]]

* French: {{t+|fr|faillite|alt=en faillite}}, {{t+|fr|failli}}

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* French: {{t+|fr|fai

* German: {{t+|de|bankrott}}

 

* Greek: {{t|el|χρεωκοπημένος|tr=khreokopiménos|sc=Grek}}

 

* Hebrew: [[פושט רגל]] (poshet' regel) {{m}}, [[פושטת רגל]] (poshet'et regel) {{f}}

 

{{trans-mid}}

 

* Icelandic: {{t|is|gjaldþrota}}

 

* Italian: {{t+|it|fallito}}

 

* Japanese: {{t|ja|破産|alt=破産した|tr=はさんした, hasan-shita}}, {{t-|ja|倒産|alt=倒産した|tr=とうさんした, tōsan-shita}}, {{t|ja|破綻|alt=破綻した|tr=はたんした, hatan-shita}}

 
 

* Latin: [[decoctor]]

 

* Latin: [[decoctor]]

 

* Malay: {{t|ms|bankrap}}, {{t|ms|muflis}}

 

* Malay: {{t|ms|bankrap}}, {{t|ms|muflis}}


Latest revision as of 10:56, 3 July 2012

Contents

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Italian banca rotta, which refers to an out-of-business bank, having its bench physically broken. When a moneylender in Northern Italy would become insolvent, they would break the bench they worked from to signify that they were no longer in business.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA: /ˈbæŋ.kɹəpt/, /ˈbæŋ.kɹʌpt/
  • (US) IPA: /ˈbæŋk.ɹəpt/, /ˈbæŋk.ɹʌpt/

[edit] Adjective

bankrupt (comparative more bankrupt, superlative most bankrupt)

  1. having been legally declared insolvent.

[edit] Synonyms

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Translations

having been legally declared insolvent

[edit] See also

[edit] Verb

bankrupt (third-person singular simple present bankrupts, present participle bankrupting, simple past and past participle bankrupted)

  1. (transitive) To force into bankruptcy.

[edit] Translations

[edit] References

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