financier

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˌfɪnənˈsɪr/ UK /fɪˈnænsiə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a person who manages or provides large amounts of money

A wealthy financier underwrote the entire expedition.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who manages or... banker capitalist investor backermoneyman

Word family

Related forms finance financial financialist

Etymology

From French financier ('one who deals in finance'), from finance ('payment, money'), from Old French finer ('to settle a debt'), from fin ('end'), from Latin finis ('end').

financier French finis Latin

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People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# financier

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌfɪnənˈsɪr/
**IPA (UK):** /fɪˈnænsiə/

## Meanings
1. a person who manages or provides large amounts of money

## Examples
- A wealthy financier underwrote the entire expedition.

## Synonyms
- banker
- capitalist
- investor
- backer
- moneyman

## Related Forms
- finance
- financial
- financialist

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: financier
- Root: finis

## Etymology
From French financier ('one who deals in finance'), from finance ('payment, money'), from Old French finer ('to settle a debt'), from fin ('end'), from Latin finis ('end').

## AI Etymology
Financier comes from French financier ('one who deals in finance'), from finance ('payment, money'), from Old French finer ('to settle a debt'), from fin ('end'), from Latin finis ('end'). The etymological trail includes French financier and Latin finis. As a noun, financier names a person who manages or provides large amounts of money. The same family is visible in related forms such as finance, financial, and financialist.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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