frugal
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French, from Latin frugalis (“virtuous, thrifty”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
frugal (comparative more frugal, superlative most frugal)
- Avoiding unnecessary expenditure either of money or of anything else which is to be used or consumed; avoiding waste.
- 1776, Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Book II, Chapter III:
- By what a frugal man annually saves, he not only affords maintenance to an additional number of productive hands, for that or the ensuing year, but [also] establishes as it were a perpetual fund for the maintenance of an equal number in all times to come.
Synonyms[edit]
- cheap
- economical
- thrifty
- See also Thesaurus:frugal
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
economical, avoiding waste, thrifty
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Further reading[edit]
- frugal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- frugal in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Late Latin frūgālis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
frugal (feminine singular frugale, masculine plural frugaux, feminine plural frugales)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “frugal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
frugal m or f (plural frugais)
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French frugal, from Latin frugalis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
frugal (comparative frugaler, superlative am frugalsten)
Declension[edit]
Positive forms of frugal
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist frugal | sie ist frugal | es ist frugal | sie sind frugal | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | frugaler | frugale | frugales | frugale |
genitive | frugalen | frugaler | frugalen | frugaler | |
dative | frugalem | frugaler | frugalem | frugalen | |
accusative | frugalen | frugale | frugales | frugale | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der frugale | die frugale | das frugale | die frugalen |
genitive | des frugalen | der frugalen | des frugalen | der frugalen | |
dative | dem frugalen | der frugalen | dem frugalen | den frugalen | |
accusative | den frugalen | die frugale | das frugale | die frugalen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein frugaler | eine frugale | ein frugales | (keine) frugalen |
genitive | eines frugalen | einer frugalen | eines frugalen | (keiner) frugalen | |
dative | einem frugalen | einer frugalen | einem frugalen | (keinen) frugalen | |
accusative | einen frugalen | eine frugale | ein frugales | (keine) frugalen |
Comparative forms of frugal
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist frugaler | sie ist frugaler | es ist frugaler | sie sind frugaler | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | frugalerer | frugalere | frugaleres | frugalere |
genitive | frugaleren | frugalerer | frugaleren | frugalerer | |
dative | frugalerem | frugalerer | frugalerem | frugaleren | |
accusative | frugaleren | frugalere | frugaleres | frugalere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der frugalere | die frugalere | das frugalere | die frugaleren |
genitive | des frugaleren | der frugaleren | des frugaleren | der frugaleren | |
dative | dem frugaleren | der frugaleren | dem frugaleren | den frugaleren | |
accusative | den frugaleren | die frugalere | das frugalere | die frugaleren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein frugalerer | eine frugalere | ein frugaleres | (keine) frugaleren |
genitive | eines frugaleren | einer frugaleren | eines frugaleren | (keiner) frugaleren | |
dative | einem frugaleren | einer frugaleren | einem frugaleren | (keinen) frugaleren | |
accusative | einen frugaleren | eine frugalere | ein frugaleres | (keine) frugaleren |
Superlative forms of frugal
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist am frugalsten | sie ist am frugalsten | es ist am frugalsten | sie sind am frugalsten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | frugalster | frugalste | frugalstes | frugalste |
genitive | frugalsten | frugalster | frugalsten | frugalster | |
dative | frugalstem | frugalster | frugalstem | frugalsten | |
accusative | frugalsten | frugalste | frugalstes | frugalste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der frugalste | die frugalste | das frugalste | die frugalsten |
genitive | des frugalsten | der frugalsten | des frugalsten | der frugalsten | |
dative | dem frugalsten | der frugalsten | dem frugalsten | den frugalsten | |
accusative | den frugalsten | die frugalste | das frugalste | die frugalsten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein frugalster | eine frugalste | ein frugalstes | (keine) frugalsten |
genitive | eines frugalsten | einer frugalsten | eines frugalsten | (keiner) frugalsten | |
dative | einem frugalsten | einer frugalsten | einem frugalsten | (keinen) frugalsten | |
accusative | einen frugalsten | eine frugalste | ein frugalstes | (keine) frugalsten |
Further reading[edit]
- “frugal” in Duden online
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
frugal (plural frugais, comparable)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
frugal (plural frugales)
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