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frugality en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /fɹuːˈɡæləti/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French frugalité. By surface analysis, frugal + -ity.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The quality of being frugal; prudent economy.
   • Near-synonyms: (usually admirable) economy, thrift, thriftiness, parsimony; (excessive degree) tightness, stinginess; (extreme degree) miserliness; see also Thesaurus:frugal, Thesaurus:stingy
   • 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— 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, Chapter 47:
   • With the frugality that hard graft begets, his mate limited both his and her own tobacco, so he must not smoke all afternoon. 1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 14:
2. (countable, uncountable) A sparing use; sparingness.

Forms

Synonyms

miserliness · thriftiness · economy · thrift · parsimony · stinginess · tightness

Translations (55)

nl soberheid (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · hy չափավորություն (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · es frugalidad (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · cs skromnost (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · de Frugalität (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · sh štedljivost (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · ro frugalitate (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · hy տնտեսողություն (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · fi säästäväisyys (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · ka ზომიერება (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · ga baileachas (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · ka ეკონომიურობა (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · nb måtehold (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · ca frugalitat (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · fi nuukuus (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · ka ყაირათი (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · nl zuinigheid (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · cy darbodaeth (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · da beskedenhed (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · ru эконо́мность (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · gl frugalidade (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · de Genügsamkeit (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · ga tíosaíocht (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · nl matigheid (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · sh čuvarnost (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · grc φειδωλία (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · bg пестеливост (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · nb sparsommelighet (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · de Einfachheit (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · el λιτότητα (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · pa ਕਮਖਰਚੀ (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · tr tutumluluk (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · da nøjsomhed (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · pt frugalidade (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · es parsimonia (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · hy խնայողություն (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · da sparsommelighed (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · la parsimōnia (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · ka დამზოგველობა (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · ka მომჭირნეობა (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · nl spaarzaamheid (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · de Sparsamkeit (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · sh skromnost (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · ka მოკრძალებულობა (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · la frūgālitās (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · nl frugaliteit (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · ga cruinneas (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · ga spárálacht (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · ota اداره (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · cy cynildeb (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · ro cumpătare (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · cs spořivost (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · fr frugalité (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · ru бережли́вость (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift) · it frugalità (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)