sparing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɛəɹɪŋ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

sparing (comparative more sparing, superlative most sparing)

1. Prudent and restrained in the use of resources; careful, economical or frugal.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:frugal

Derived terms

• nonsparing
• oversparing
• sparingly
• sparingness
• unsparing

Translations

prudent and restrained in the use of resources

• Bulgarian: пестелив (bg) (pesteliv), икономичен (bg) (ikonomičen)
• Czech: šetrný (cs), střídmý, šetřící
• Latin: parcus
• Polish: oszczędny (pl)
• Spanish: parco (es), frugal (es)

Verb

sparing

1. present participle and gerund of spare

Noun

sparing (plural sparings)

1. The act by which something or someone is spared.
   • 1830, Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances), The Manners of the Day, volume 2, page 322:

     The sparings of my frugality have, however, in a sufficient degree, augmented my originally scanty patrimony; […]

Anagrams

• gnisrap, parings, parsing, rapings, rasping

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English sparring.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsparɪŋk]

Noun

sparing m inan

1. (sports) sparring (practice match)

Declension

Declension of sparing (velar masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	sparing	sparingy
genitive	sparingu	sparingů
dative	sparingu	sparingům
accusative	sparing	sparingy
vocative	sparingu	sparingy
locative	sparingu	sparinzích
instrumental	sparingem	sparingy

Further reading

• “sparing”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “sparing”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Dutch

Etymology

From sparen +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspaː.rɪŋ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːrɪŋ

Noun

sparing f (plural sparingen, diminutive sparinkje n)

1. (construction) wall opening for cables and pipes

Descendants

• → Indonesian: sparing

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈspa.rɪŋ]
• Hyphenation: spa‧ring

Etymology 1

From English sparring.

Verb

sparing

1. (colloquial) to practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat

   Synonym: berlatih

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch sparing.

Noun

sparing (plural sparing-sparing)

1. (construction) wall opening for cables and pipes

   Sistem pemasangan sparing listrik biasanya sebelum pengecoran.

   The wall opening for electricity installation system is usually before casting.

Further reading

• “sparing”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English sparring.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspa.riŋk/
• Rhymes: -ariŋk
• Syllabification: spa‧ring

Noun

sparing m inan

1. (sports) sparring (practice match)

Declension

Declension of sparing

	singular	plural
nominative	sparing	sparingi
genitive	sparingu	sparingów
dative	sparingowi	sparingom
accusative	sparing	sparingi
instrumental	sparingiem	sparingami
locative	sparingu	sparingach
vocative	sparingu	sparingi

Derived terms

adjective

• sparingowy

Related terms

noun

• sparingpartner

Further reading

• “sparing”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “sparing”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)