economic

See also: econòmic

English

Alternative forms

• economick, œconomic (archaic)
• œconomick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French economique, from Latin oeconomicus, from Ancient Greek οἰκονομικός (oikonomikós, “skilled with household management”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪk/, /ˌɛkəˈnɒmɪk/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌikəˈnɑmɪk/, /ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌiːkəˈnɔmɪk/, /ˌekəˈnɔmɪk/
• (Indian English) IPA^(key): /ˌiːkɔˈnɒmɪk/, /ˌɛkɔˈnɒmɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɒmɪk

Adjective

economic (comparative more economic, superlative most economic)

1. Pertaining to an economy.
   • 2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:

     Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.

   • 2021 January 7, Charles Hugh Smith, The Tyranny Nobody Talks About‎^[1]:

     There is much talk of tyranny in the political realm, but little is said about the tyrannies in the economic realm, a primary one being the tyranny of high costs: high costs crush the economy from within and enslave those attempting to start enterprises or keep their businesses afloat.

2. Frugal; cheap (in the sense of representing good value); economical.
3. Pertaining to the study of money and its movement.
4. (obsolete) Pertaining to the management of a household
   • 1714 [1599], John Davies, edited by Nahum Tate, The Original, Nature, and Immortality of the Soul‎^[2], 2nd edition, London: Hammond Banks, page 64:

     And doth employ her Oeconomick Art, and buisy Care, her Houshold to preserve

Usage notes

Modern usage prefers economic when describing the economy of a region or country (and when referring to personal or family budgeting).
Economical is preferred when referring to thrift or value for money.

Derived terms

• agro-economic
• economical
• economic blockade
• economic capital
• economic crisis
• economic cybernetics
• economic determinism
• economic emigrant
• economic freedom
• economic growth
• economic immigrant
• economic liberalism
• economic migrant
• economic moat
• economic mobility
• economic nationalism
• economic output
• economic rationalism
• economic refugee
• economic rent
• economics
• economic scenario generator
• economic science
• economic substance
• economic terrorism
• economic warfare
• macro-economic
• mixed economic
• non-economic
• political-economic
• politico-economic
• sexuo-economic
• socio-economic
• socio-political-economic
• special economic zone

 

Related terms

• economise
• economize

Translations

pertaining to an economy

• Albanian: ekonomik (sq)
• Arabic: اِقْتِصَادِيّ (iqtiṣādiyy)
• Armenian: տնտեսական (hy) (tntesakan)
• Azerbaijani: iqtisadi
• Belarusian: эканамі́чны (ekanamíčny), гаспада́рскi (haspadárski)
• Bengali: আর্থিক (bn) (arthik)
• Breton: armerzhel (br)
• Bulgarian: икономи́чески (bg) (ikonomíčeski), стопа́нски (stopánski)
• Burmese: စီးပွားရေး (my) (ci:pwa:re:)
• Catalan: econòmic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 經濟／经济 (zh) (jīngjì)

• Czech: hospodářský (cs)
• Danish: økonomisk
• Dutch: economisch (nl)
• Esperanto: ekonomia
• Estonian: majanduslik
• Finnish: kansantaloudellinen (fi)
• French: économique (fr)
• Galician: económico (gl)
• Georgian: ეკონომიკური (eḳonomiḳuri)
• German: ökonomisch (de), Wirtschafts- (de)
• Greek: οικονομικός (el) (oikonomikós)
• Hebrew: כַּלְכָּלִי (kalkalí)
• Hindi: आर्थिक (hi) (ārthik)
• Hungarian: gazdasági (hu)
• Icelandic: hagfræðilegur
• Irish: eacnamaíoch, eacnamúil
• Italian: economico (it)
• Japanese: 経済の (ja) (けいざいの, keizai no), 経済的な (ja) (けいざいてきな, keizaiteki na)
• Kazakh: экономикалық (ékonomikalyq)
• Khmer: សេដ្ឋកិច្ច (km) (seetthaʼkəc)
• Korean: 경제의 (ko) (gyeongje-ui)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: îktîsadî (ku), ekonomik (ku)

• Kyrgyz: экономикалык (ky) (ekonomikalık)
• Ladino: ekonomiko
• Lao: ເສດຖະກິດ (lo) (sēt tha kit)
• Latvian: ekonomisks
• Lithuanian: ekonominis (lt)
• Macedonian: економски (ekonomski)
• Malay: ekonomi (ms)
• Maltese: ekonomiku
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: аж ахуйн (až axujn)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: økonomisk (no)

• Occitan: economic (oc)
• Pashto: وټه ييز (wëṭa yiz), اقتصادي (ps) (eqtesādi)
• Persian: اقتصادی (fa) (eqtesâdi)
• Polish: ekonomiczny (pl), gospodarczy (pl)
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian: econômico (pt)

  European: económico (pt)

• Romanian: economic (ro)
• Russian: экономи́ческий (ru) (ekonomíčeskij), хозя́йственный (ru) (xozjájstvennyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: eagonomach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: еко̀номскӣ

  Roman: ekònomskī (sh)

• Slovak: hospodársky (sk)
• Slovene: ekonomski, gospodarski
• Spanish: económico (es)
• Swedish: ekonomisk (sv)
• Tagalog: agimatin
• Tajik: иқтисодӣ (iqtisodī)
• Thai: เศรษฐกิจ (th) (sèet-tà-gìt)
• Turkish: ekonomik (tr), iktisadi (tr)
• Turkmen: ykdysady
• Ukrainian: економі́чний (uk) (ekonomíčnyj), господа́рський (hospodársʹkyj)
• Urdu: مُعاشی (mu'āśī), اِقْتِصادی (iqtisādī)
• Uyghur: ئىقتىسادىي (iqtisadiy)
• Uzbek: iqtisodiy (uz)
• Vietnamese: kinh tế (vi)
• Yiddish: עקאָנאָמיש (ekonomish)

cheap

• Bulgarian: икономичен (bg) (ikonomičen), рентабилен (bg) (rentabilen)
• Czech: ekonomický (cs)
• Finnish: taloudellinen (fi)
• French: économique (fr)
• Galician: barato (gl)
• Georgian: ეკონომიური (eḳonomiuri)
• German: sparsam (de), günstig (de)
• Irish: eacnamaíoch, eacnamúil
• Italian: economico (it), economo (it)
• Polish: ekonomiczny (pl)
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian: econômico (pt)

  European: económico (pt)

• Scottish Gaelic: eagonomach
• Spanish: económico (es)

pertaining to the study of money

• Catalan: econòmic (ca)
• Czech: ekonomický (cs)
• Finnish: talous- (fi)
• French: économique (fr)
• German: Wirtschafts- (de), ökonomisch (de)
• Irish: eacnamaíoch, eacnamúil
• Italian: economico (it)
• Polish: ekonomiczny (pl)
• Scottish Gaelic: eagonomach
• Spanish: económico (es)

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Adjective

economic m pl

1. plural of economich

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin oeconomicus.

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Adjective

economic m (feminine singular economica, masculine plural economics, feminine plural economicas)

1. economic

Derived terms

• economicament

Related terms

• economia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French économique. By surface analysis, economie +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.koˈno.mik/

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Adjective

economic m or n (feminine singular economică, masculine plural economici, feminine and neuter plural economice)

1. economic
2. economical

Declension

Declension of economic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	economic		economică	economici	economice
	definite	economicul		economica	economicii	economicele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	economic		economice	economici	economice
	definite	economicului		economicei	economicelor	economicilor