parcimonie

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin parsimōnia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʁ.si.mɔ.ni/

Noun

parcimonie f (plural parcimonies)

1. parsimony (great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily)

Derived terms

• parcimonieux

Further reading

• “parcimonie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.