How to Say "Money" in Maltese

flus

/fluːs/masculine, plural

The Maltese word for money is flus.

flus is used to refer to currency or money in a general sense.

Meaning: currency (noun)

How does it change in a sentence?

flus is a masculine plural noun used to represent the concept of money.

/fluːs/

English speakers often mistakenly treat flus as a singular noun, but it is inherently plural in form and usage.

The word flus is a linguistic fossil from Arabic, specifically the word fulūs, which was used to describe specific small coins in Islamic history.
In many Mediterranean cultures, including Malta, physical gestures like clicking the fingers or rubbing the thumb and forefinger together often accompany the mention of flus to signal a transaction.
The root of flus is shared with several other languages across the Mediterranean and Middle East due to the historical spread of Islamic coinage.

Naħseb għandi biżżejjed flus biex nixtri l-kompjuter li rrid.
I think I have almost enough money to buy the computer I want.
This sentence shows how to use flus when discussing having enough money for a purchase.
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Ziri jrid l-flus.
Ziri wants money.
This sentence demonstrates a simple way to use flus to express someone's desire for money.
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Għandi l-flus kollha hawn.
I have all the money here.

Jessica and Justin are planning a trip.

Jessica

Għandna biżżejjed flus għal din il-vjaġġ?
Do we have enough money for this trip?
Justin

Iyeh, ssavejt flus għal sena sħaħ.
Yes, I saved money for a whole year.
Jessica

Mhux problema, nista' nixtriw kolla ħaġa.
No problem, we can buy everything.
Justin

Korrett, il-flus mhumiex problema issa.
Correct, money is not a problem now.

Sources

Wiktionary, “money” translations and entries flus, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
Word origins: Wiktionary entries flus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.

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