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.
- 1776, Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Book II, Chapter III:
Synonyms[edit]
- cheap
- economical
- thrifty
- See also Wikisaurus:frugal
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
economical, avoiding waste, thrifty
External links[edit]
- frugal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- frugal in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Late Latin frūgālis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
frugal m (feminine frugale, masculine plural frugaux, feminine plural frugales)
Related terms[edit]
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
frugal m, f (plural frugais)
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
frugal m, f (plural frugales; comparable)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
frugal m, f (plural frugales)
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