financial crisis

noun

An episode of sharp instability in the global or a local financial system in which financial assets lose a significant proportion of their value, often caused by the bursting of an economic bubble.

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Meanings

nounfinancial crisis (plural financial crises)

plural financial crises

  1. An episode of sharp instability in the global or a local financial system in which financial assets lose a significant proportion of their value, often caused by the bursting of an economic bubble.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 金融危機 /金融危机
  • 金融危機 /金融危机 (jīnróng wēijī)episode of instability in financial systems
Czech finanční krize
  • finanční krizeepisode of instability in financial systems
Danish finanskrise
  • finanskriseepisode of instability in financial systems
Finnish rahoituskriisi
  • rahoituskriisiepisode of instability in financial systems
French crise financière
  • crise financièreepisode of instability in financial systems
German Finanzkrise
  • Finanzkriseepisode of instability in financial systems
Hungarian pénzügyi válság
  • pénzügyi válságepisode of instability in financial systems
Italian crisi finanziaria
  • crisi finanziariaepisode of instability in financial systems
Japanese 金融危機
  • 金融危機 (kin'yū kiki)episode of instability in financial systems
Korean 금융위기
  • 금융위기 (geumyung'wigi)episode of instability in financial systems
Norwegian Bokmål finanskrise
  • finanskriseepisode of instability in financial systems
Russian фина́нсовый кри́зис
  • фина́нсовый кри́зис (finánsovyj krízis)episode of instability in financial systems
Spanish crisis financiera
  • crisis financieraepisode of instability in financial systems
Swedish finanskris
  • finanskrisepisode of instability in financial systems
Urdu مالیاتی بحران
  • مالیاتی بحران (māliyātī bohrān)episode of instability in financial systems
Vietnamese khủng hoảng tài chính
  • khủng hoảng tài chínhepisode of instability in financial systems
Cite this entry
APA

financial crisis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/financial%20crisis

MLA

“financial crisis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/financial%20crisis. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “financial crisis,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/financial%20crisis.

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