different between financier vs plutocrat

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French financier.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f(a)??næns??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /f(a)?næn?s???/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Noun

financier (plural financiers)

1. A person who, as a profession, profits from large financial transactions.
2. A company that does the same.
3. One charged with the administration of finance; an officer who administers the public revenue; a treasurer.

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4. A light, spongy teacake, usually based on almond flour or flavoring.
5. A traditional French (Ragoût a la Financière) or Piemontese (Finanziera alla piemontese) rich sauce or ragout, made with coxcomb, wattles, cock's testicles, chicken livers and a variety of other ingredients.

Translations

Verb

financier (third-person singular simple present financiers, present participle financiering, simple past and past participle financiered)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To carry out financial transactions; to finance something.

Danish

Alternative forms

• finansier

Etymology

From French financier.

Noun

financier c (singular definite financieren, plural indefinite financiere)

1. (finance) financier

   Hyponyms: (male) finansmand, (female) finanskvinde

Declension

Derived terms

• finansiere

References

• “financier” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: fi?nan?cier

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French financier.

Noun

financier m (plural financiers, diminutive financiertje n)

1. (finance) financier, sponsor

   Synonyms: financierder, sponsor

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

financier

1. first-person singular present indicative of financieren
2. imperative of financieren

French

Etymology

From finance +? -ier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.n??.sje/
• Homophone: financiers

Adjective

financier (feminine singular financière, masculine plural financiers, feminine plural financières)

1. financial (of, or relating to, the world of money)

Noun

financier m (plural financiers, feminine financière)

1. financier (person)
2. financier (cake)
3. banker

Further reading

• “financier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• ploutocrat (archaic)

Etymology

From pluto- +? -crat, after plutocracy, from Ancient Greek ??????? (ploûtos, “wealth, riches”) + ?????? (krátos, “power, might”).

Noun

plutocrat (plural plutocrats)

1. Someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth.

   Synonyms: oligarch, (rare) tycoonocrat

Related terms

• plutocracy
• plutocratic

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French ploutocrate

Noun

plutocrat m (plural plutocra?i)

1. plutocrat

Declension