"prodigality" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: prodigalities [plural]
Etymology: prodigal + -ity, from Old French prodigalite, from Late Latin prodigalitas Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|prodigal|ity}} prodigal + -ity, {{uder|en|fro|prodigalite}} Old French prodigalite, {{uder|en|LL.|prodigalitas}} Late Latin prodigalitas Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} prodigality (countable and uncountable, plural prodigalities)
  1. Wasteful extravagance. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (wasteful extravagance.): إِسْرَاف (ʔisrāf) [masculine] (Arabic), تَبْذِير (tabḏīr) [masculine] (Arabic), سَرَف (saraf) [masculine] (Arabic), շվայտություն (švaytutʻyun) (Armenian), разточителство (raztočitelstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), прахосничество (prahosničestvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), marnotratnost [feminine] (Czech), rozhazovačnost [feminine] (Czech), hýřivost [feminine] (Czech), kwistigheid (Dutch), verspilzucht (Dutch), prodigalité [feminine] (French), caifeachas [masculine] (Irish), اسراف (esrâf) (Persian), prodigalitate [feminine] (Romanian), транжирство (tranžirstvo) [neuter] (Russian), мотовство (motovstvo) [neuter] (Russian), ana-caitheamh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), sakmata (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-prodigality-en-noun-wvZuGGHH Disambiguation of 'wasteful extravagance.': 94 6
  2. Lavish generosity. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (lavish generosity.): առատաձեռնություն (aṙatajeṙnutʻyun) (Armenian), щедрост (štedrost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), vrijgevigheid (Dutch), prodigalité [feminine] (French), prodigalitate [feminine] (Romanian), ana-caitheamh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-prodigality-en-noun-myNJB4aG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 11 89 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 7 93 Disambiguation of 'lavish generosity.': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: spendthrift, extravagance, imprudence, prodigality, profligacy, profusion, recklessness Related terms: prodigal

Inflected forms

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