frugal
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle French, from Latin frugalis (“virtuous, thrifty”). Displaced native Old English spærhende (literally “spare-handed”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editfrugal (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.
- frugal advice
- 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
editDerived terms
editTranslations
editeconomical, avoiding waste, thrifty
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Further reading
edit- “frugal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “frugal”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Late Latin frūgālis.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editfrugal (feminine frugale, masculine plural frugaux, feminine plural frugales)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “frugal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit
- Rhymes: -al
- Hyphenation: fru‧gal
Adjective
editfrugal m or f (plural frugais)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “frugal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
German
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French frugal, from Latin frugalis.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editfrugal (strong nominative masculine singular frugaler, comparative frugaler, superlative am frugalsten)
Declension
editPositive forms of frugal
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
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
Superlative forms of frugal
Further reading
editPortuguese
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit
Adjective
editfrugal m or f (plural frugais)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editRomanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French frugal, from Latin frugalis.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editfrugal m or n (feminine singular frugală, masculine plural frugali, feminine and neuter plural frugale)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
nominative- accusative |
indefinite | frugal | frugală | frugali | frugale | |||
definite | frugalul | frugala | frugalii | frugalele | ||||
genitive- dative |
indefinite | frugal | frugale | frugali | frugale | |||
definite | frugalului | frugalei | frugalilor | frugalelor |
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- frugal in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Spanish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editfrugal m or f (masculine and feminine plural frugales)
- frugal
- Synonym: parco
- economical
- Synonym: económico
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “frugal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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