pelf

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(pĕlf) pronunciation
n.
Wealth or riches, especially when dishonestly acquired.

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin pelfra, pelfa, probably from Old French pelfre.]


noun

    A great amount of accumulated money and precious possessions: affluence, fortune, riches, treasure, wealth. See owned/unowned, rich/poor.

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Money or wealth that is usually regarded with disapproval.

pronunciation The poor man starves while they are grassing their royal mountain stags or shooting peasants and partridges in their purblind pomp of pelf and power. — James Joyce (1882-1941)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - mammon

Nederlands (Dutch)
geld, rijkdom

Français (French)
n. - lucre (péj)

Deutsch (German)
n. - (ugs.) Geld, Wohlstand

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - άνομο κέρδος, βρόμικα λεφτά

Italiano (Italian)
denaro, ricchezza, "il vile metallo"

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pilhagem (f), riqueza (f)

Русский (Russian)
деньжонки, золотишко

Español (Spanish)
n. - dinero, riqueza

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - pengar, rikedom (föraktl.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
钱财

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 錢財

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 부정 축재한 재물, 허접쓰레기

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 富, 金銭

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مال, فلوس, , ثروة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עושר, כסף‬


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