wealth

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Alternative forms

• wealthe, welth, welthe (all obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English welth, welthe (“happiness, prosperity”), from Old English *welþ, *welþu, from Proto-West Germanic *waliþu (“wealth”). Alternatively, possibly an alteration (due to similar words in -th: compare helth (“health”), derth (“dearth”)) of wele (“wealth, well-being, weal”), from Old English wela (“wealth, prosperity”), from Proto-Germanic *walô (“well-being, prosperity”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“good, best”); equivalent to weal +‎ -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Dutch weelde (“wealth”), Low German weelde (“wealth”), Old High German welida, welitha (“wealth”). Related also to German Wohl (“welfare, well-being, weal”), Danish vel (“weal, welfare”), Swedish väl (“well-being, weal”). More at weal, well.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɛlθ/, [wɛl̪θ]

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛlθ

Noun

wealth (countable and uncountable, plural wealths)

1. (uncountable, economics) Riches; a great amount of valuable assets or material possessions.

   Money talks, but true wealth whispers.

2. (countable) A great amount; an abundance or plenty.

   She brings a wealth of knowledge to the project.

   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 269, about a church in Lower Peover:

     There is a wealth of carved wood inside: from pulpit to pews, screens to lectern, and a large medieval chest made from a hollowed-out log of bog-oak with a massive lid.

   • 2018 July 3, Ian Sample, “Routine DNA tests will put NHS at the 'forefront of medicine'”, in The Guardian‎:

     Beyond its aim to bring patients the most effective treatments faster, the service is expected to generate a wealth of data on the interplay between DNA, health and lifestyles, which will become a powerful tool for research into cancer and other diseases.

3. (uncountable, obsolete) Prosperity; well-being; happiness.
   • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:

     I once did lend my body for his wealth, / Which, but for him that had your husband's ring, / Had quite miscarried: […]

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 10:24:

     Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:wealth

Derived terms

• bookshelf wealth
• bridewealth
• cattlewealth
• commonwealth, Commonwealth
• cultural wealth
• generational wealth
• health is your first wealth
• megawealth
• redistribution of wealth
• roll in wealth
• self-made wealth
• sovereign wealth fund
• stealth wealth
• superwealth
• unwealth
• wealthen
• wealthfare
• wealthful
• wealthfully
• wealthily
• wealthiness
• wealthless
• wealthlessness
• wealth tax
• wealthy
• wealthyish

Translations

riches; valuable material possessions

Afar: gadda Afrikaans: rykdom Albanian: pasuri (sq) m Arabic: أَمْوَال m (ʔamwāl), ثَرْوَة f (ṯarwa) Armenian: հարստություն (hy) (harstutʻyun), ինչք (hy) (inčʻkʻ), բարիք (hy) (barikʻ) Aromanian: aveari Azerbaijani: sərvət (az), dövlət (az), var-dövlət Bashkir: байлыҡ (baylıq) Basque: aberastasun Belarusian: бага́цце (be) n (baháccje), бага́цьце n (bahácʹcje), замо́жнасць f (zamóžnascʹ), замо́жнасьць f (zamóžnasʹcʹ) Bengali: ধন (bn) (dhon), সম্পত্তি (bn) (śompotti) Bulgarian: бога́тство (bg) n (bogátstvo) Burmese: ဓန (my) (dha.na.), စည်းစိမ် (my) (cany:cim), ဘောဂ (my) (bhau:ga.) Catalan: patrimoni (ca) m, riquesa (ca) f Chichewa: chuma Chinese: Cantonese: 財富 / 财富 (coi4 fu3) Hokkien: 財富 / 财富 (zh-min-nan) (châi-hù) Mandarin: 財富 / 财富 (zh) (cáifù) Czech: bohatství (cs) n Danish: rigdom c Dutch: rijkdom (nl) m Edo: ẹ̀fè Esperanto: riĉeco Estonian: rikkus Finnish: varallisuus (fi); rikkaus (fi), rikkaudet pl French: richesse (fr) f Galician: facenda (gl) f, riqueza (gl) f Georgian: სიმდიდრე (simdidre) German: Reichtum (de) m, Vermögen (de) n Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿 n (faihu), 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌴𐌹 f (gabei) Greek: πλούτος (el) m (ploútos) Ancient: πλοῦτος m (ploûtos) Hausa: dukiya Hebrew: עושר \ עֹשֶׁר (he) m ('ósher) Hindi: धन (hi) m (dhan), संपत्ति (hi) f (sampatti) Hungarian: gazdagság (hu) Icelandic: auður (is) m Igala: ídúù, ùrà, ánána Igbo: àkụ̀, ọkụ̀ (ig), ụ̀ba Irish: saibhreas m Italian: ricchezza (it) f, patrimonio (it) m Izon: ụngọ́, tími-èbií Japanese: 財産 (ja) (ざいさん, zaisan), 富 (ja) (とみ, tomi), 財 (ja) (たから, takara), 富裕 (ja) (ふゆう, fuyū) Javanese: bandha (jv) Jeju: 부 (bu) Karakhanid: نانْكْ (nēŋ) Kazakh: байлық (kk) (bailyq) Khmer: វត្ថុ (km) (vŏətthoʼ), ធន (km) (thŭən) Korean: 부유(富裕) (ko) (buyu), 부(富) (ko) (bu), 재산(財産) (ko) (jaesan) Krio: jɛntri Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: saman (ku) Kyrgyz: байлык (ky) (baylık) Lao: ຄວາມຮັ່ງມີ (khuām hang mī), ຊັບສິນ (lo) (sap sin), ສິນ (sin), ຊັບ (sap) Latin: ops (la) f, dīvitiae f, locupletatio f Latvian: bagātība f, turība f Lithuanian: tur̃tas (lt) m Low German: German Low German: Riekdom Lutshootseed: ʔiʔab Macedonian: бо́гатство n (bógatstvo) Malay: kekayaan (ms) Malayalam: സമ്പത്ത് (ml) (sampattŭ) Manchu: ᡠᠯᡳᠨ (ulin) Middle English: win, wele, welthe Mongolian: Cyrillic: баялаг (mn) (bajalag) Ngazidja Comorian: mali class 9/10 Norwegian: Bokmål: rikdom m Occitan: riquesa (oc) f Old English: wela m Ottoman Turkish: ثروت (servet), سرمایه (sermaye), مال (mal), مایه (maya, maye) Pashto: ثروت (ps) m (sarwát), دارايي (ps) f (dārāyí), دولت (ps) m (dawlát) Persian: Dari: ثَرْوَت (sarwat), دَولَت (dawlat), دَارَایِی (dārāyī) Iranian Persian: ثِرْوَت (servat), دُولَت (dowlat), دارایی (fa) (dârâyi) Polish: zamożność (pl) f, bogactwo (pl) n, bogatość (pl) f (rare) Portuguese: riqueza (pt) f Quechua: kapuy Romanian: avere (ro) f, bogăție (ro) f Russian: бога́тство (ru) n (bogátstvo), благосостоя́ние (ru) n (blagosostojánije) Saho: gadda Sanskrit: धन्य (sa) n (dhánya) Scottish Gaelic: ionmhas m, beartas m, maoin f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: бога̀тство n Roman: bogàtstvo (sh) n Slovak: bohatstvo n Slovene: bogástvo (sl) n Somali: maal (so) Spanish: prosperidad (es) f, riqueza (es) f Swedish: rikedom (sv) c, förmögenhet (sv) c, välstånd (sv) c Tagalog: yaman (tl) Tajik: сарват (tg) (sarvat), боигарӣ (boyigari), дороӣ (doroyi), давлат (tg) (davlat) Tatar: байлык (tt) (baylıq) Telugu: ఐశ్వర్యము (te) (aiśvaryamu), ధనము (te) (dhanamu) Thai: ความรวย (th) (kwaam-ruai), ความมั่งคั่ง (th) (kwaam-mâng-kâng), ธน (th) (ton) Tibetan: ཕྱུག (phyug) Turkish: servet (tr), varlık (tr) Turkmen: baýlyk (tk) Ukrainian: бага́тство (uk) n (bahátstvo), замо́жність (uk) f (zamóžnistʹ) Urdu: ثَرْوَت f (sarvat), دَھن m (dhan), دَولَت f (daulat) Uyghur: بايلىق (bayliq) Uzbek: boylik (uz), sarvat (uz) (dated), davlat (uz) (dated in this sense) Vietnamese: tài phúc (財富), sự giàu có (vi) Volapük: lieg (vo) Yiddish: רײַכקײַט f (raykhkayt) Yoruba: ọlà, ọrọ̀ ǃXóõ: ǂkxʻái

great amount; an abundance or plenty, usually of money

Afrikaans: rykdom Azerbaijani: bolluq (az), zənglinlik, kəlan Breton: pinvidigezh (br) f Bulgarian: изоби́лие (bg) n (izobílie) Catalan: riquesa (ca) f, abundància (ca) f Czech: bohatství (cs) n Danish: rigdom, velstand (da), formue Dutch: rijkdom (nl) m, weelde (nl) f Finnish: rikkaus (fi) French: profusion (fr) f, abondance (fr) f German: Fülle (de) f Greek: πλούτος (el) m (ploútos) Hindi: संपन्न (hi) m (sampann), समृद्ध (hi) m (samŕddh) Hungarian: vagyon (hu), bőség Italian: abbondanza (it) f Japanese: 豊富 (ja) (ほうふ, hōfu) Javanese: bandha (jv) Korean: 풍부(豊富) (ko) (pungbu) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: دۆڵەمەندی (dollemendî), سامان (ckb) (saman) Latvian: mantība f, bagātība f, labklājība f Low German: German Low German: Riekdom Macedonian: изоби́лие n (izobílie), изо́билство n (izóbilstvo) Malayalam: സമ്പത്ത് (ml) (sampattŭ) Middle English: welthe Polish: bogactwo (pl) n, mnóstwo (pl) n Portuguese: abundância (pt) f Russian: бога́тство (ru) n (bogátstvo), изоби́лие (ru) n (izobílije) Scottish Gaelic: beartas m Swedish: rikedom (sv) c, förmögenhet (sv) c, välstånd (sv) c Turkish: bolluk (tr), varlıklılık (tr)

power, of the kind associated with a great deal of money

Belarusian: дабрабы́т m (dabrabýt) Bulgarian: благосъстоя́ние (bg) n (blagosǎstojánie) Dutch: vermogen (nl) n Finnish: rikkaus (fi) Japanese: 富 (ja) (とみ, tomi) Korean: 부(富) (ko) (bu) Macedonian: благосо́стојба f (blagosóstojba) Portuguese: poder (pt) m Russian: благосостоя́ние (ru) n (blagosostojánije), благополу́чие (ru) n (blagopolúčije) Swedish: makt (sv) c, mäktighet (sv) c, välgång (sv) c Ukrainian: добро́бут m (dobróbut)

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Dutch: (please verify) weelde (nl) f French: (please verify) richesse (fr) f, (please verify) fortune (fr) f Italian: (please verify) ricchezza (it) f Latin: (please verify) divitiae f pl Persian: Iranian Persian: (please verify) ثِرْوَت (servat) Romanian: (please verify) avere (ro) f, (please verify) bogăție (ro) f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: (please verify) богатство n Roman: (please verify) bogatstvo (sh) n, (please verify) imućnost f Spanish: (please verify) riqueza (es) f Telugu: (please verify) సంపద (te) (sampada)

References

• “wealth”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• wealth in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• Raymond Williams (1983), “Wealth”, in Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, revised American edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, published 1985, →ISBN, page 331
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “wealth”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “wealth”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.