English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French frugalité .
Pronunciation
Noun
frugality (countable and uncountable , plural frugalities )
The quality of being frugal ; prudent economy; thrift .
1811 , Jane Austen , Sense and Sensibility , Chapter 47 :Your sense of honour and honesty would have led you, I know, when aware of your situation, to attempt all the economy that would appear to you possible; and, perhaps, as long as your frugality retrenched only on your own comfort, you might have been suffered to practice it, but beyond that—
A sparing use; sparingness .
Synonyms
Translations
quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift
Armenian: տնտեսողություն ( tntesoġutʻyun ) , խնայողություն (hy) ( xnayoġutʻyun ) , չափավորություն (hy) ( čʻapʻavorutʻyun )
Bulgarian: пестеливост (bg) f ( pestelivost )
Czech: skromnost (cs) f , spořivost f
Danish: nøjsomhed c , beskedenhed c , sparsommelighed c
Dutch: zuinigheid (nl) f , spaarzaamheid , frugaliteit f , soberheid (nl) , matigheid (nl)
Finnish: säästäväisyys (fi)
French: frugalité (fr) f
Georgian: მომჭირნეობა ( momč̣irneoba ) , დამზოგველობა ( damzogveloba ) , ეკონომიურობა ( eḳonomiuroba ) , ზომიერება ( zomiereba ) , მოკრძალებულობა ( moḳrʒalebuloba ) , ყაირათი ( q̇airati )
German: Genügsamkeit (de) f , Einfachheit (de) f , Frugalität (de) f , Sparsamkeit (de) f
Greek: λιτότητα (el) f ( litótita )
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Irish: baileachas m , cruinneas m , spárálacht f , tíosaíocht f
Latin: parsimōnia f , frūgālitās f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: måtehold , sparsommelighet
Romanian: cumpătare (ro) , frugalitate (ro) f
Russian: бережли́вость (ru) f ( berežlívostʹ ) , эконо́мность (ru) f ( ekonómnostʹ )
Serbo-Croatian: štedljivost (sh) , skromnost (sh) , čuvarnost (sh)
Spanish: frugalidad f
Turkish: tutumluluk (tr)
References
“frugality ”, in The Century Dictionary [ … ] , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC .
“frugality ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC .