Meanings
- not comparableOf, or relating to, money; monetary, financial.
He chose the degree for pecuniary reasons, but had no real interest in it.
2 more examples
Perhaps the reader will suppose after this that the doctor had some pecuniary interest of his own in arranging the squire's loans; or, at any rate, he will think that the squire must have thought so.
1858, Anthony Trollope, “Chapter IV”, in Doctor Thorne. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLCThe views of philosophers, with few exceptions, have coincided with the pecuniary interests of their class.
1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.21
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiverelating to or involving money
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinpecūniārius
- Englishpecuniary
From Latin pecūniārius, from pecūnia (“money”), itself from pecū (“cattle”) and thus related to fee.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic نَقْدِيّ, مَالِيّ
- نَقْدِيّ (naqdiyy)of or relating to money
- مَالِيّ (māliyy)of or relating to money
Bulgarian пари́чен, валу́тен
- пари́чен (paríčen)of or relating to money
- валу́тен (valúten)of or relating to money
Catalan monetari
- monetariof or relating to money
Chinese Mandarin 金錢的 /金钱的, 與金錢相關的 /与金钱相关的
- 金錢的 /金钱的 (jīnqián de)of or relating to money
- 與金錢相關的 /与金钱相关的 (yǔ jīnqián xiāngguān de)of or relating to money
- 經濟的 /经济的 (jīngjì de)of or relating to money
Czech pekuniární, peněžní
- pekuniárníof or relating to money
- peněžníof or relating to money
Dutch pecuniair
- pecuniairof or relating to money
Esperanto mona
- monaof or relating to money
Finnish raha-, rahallinen
- raha-of or relating to money
- rahallinenof or relating to money
- monetaarinenof or relating to money
French monétaire, pécuniaire
- monétaireof or relating to money
- pécuniaireof or relating to money
German Geld-, geldlich
- Geld-of or relating to money
- geldlichof or relating to money
- finanziellof or relating to money
- pekuniärof or relating to money
Greek χρηματικός, νομισματικός
- χρηματικός (chrimatikós)of or relating to money
- νομισματικός (nomismatikós)of or relating to money
Hungarian pénzügyi, üzleti
- pénzügyiof or relating to money
- üzletiof or relating to money
- financiálisof or relating to money
- anyagiof or relating to money
Italian pecuniario
- pecuniarioof or relating to money
Japanese 貨幣の, 金銭的な
- 貨幣の (kahei no)of or relating to money
- 金銭的な (kinsenteki na)of or relating to money
Korean 화폐
- 화폐 (hwapye)of or relating to money
Persian پولی, مالی
- پولی (puli)of or relating to money
- مالی (mâli)of or relating to money
Polish pieniężny, walutowy
- pieniężnyof or relating to money
- walutowyof or relating to money
Portuguese monetário, pecuniário
- monetárioof or relating to money
- pecuniárioof or relating to money
Romanian monetar, pecuniar
- monetarof or relating to money
- pecuniarof or relating to money
Russian де́нежный, валю́тный
- де́нежный (dénežnyj)of or relating to money
- валю́тный (valjútnyj)of or relating to money
Slovak peňažný, finančný
- peňažnýof or relating to money
- finančnýof or relating to money
Spanish pecuniario
- pecuniarioof or relating to money
Swedish pekuniär, monetär
- pekuniärof or relating to money
- monetärof or relating to money
- penning-of or relating to money
Ukrainian грошови́й, гроше́вий
- грошови́й (hrošovýj)of or relating to money
- гроше́вий (hrošévyj)of or relating to money
- валю́тний (valjútnyj)of or relating to money
Welsh ariannol
- ariannolof or relating to money
Cite this entry
pecuniary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pecuniary
“pecuniary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pecuniary. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pecuniary,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pecuniary.
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