See economical in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for economical meaning in English (8.5kB)
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "agroeconomical"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "bioeconomical"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "economically"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "economicalness"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "economical with the truth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "noneconomical"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "pharmacoeconomical"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "socio-political-economical"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "uneconomical"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*weyḱ-",
"4": "*nem-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "economic",
"3": "al"
},
"expansion": "economic + -al",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "economic + -al",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more economical",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most economical",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "economical (comparative more economical, superlative most economical)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "economic"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was an economical person by nature.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Careful with money so as not to spend too much; prudent; thrifty."
],
"id": "en-economical-en-adj-voBb9fFu",
"links": [
[
"prudent",
"prudent"
],
[
"thrifty",
"thrifty"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "88 11 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ikonomičen",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "икономичен"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 11 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "節約的"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 11 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiéyuē de",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "节约的"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 11 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "hospodárný"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 11 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "spaarzaam"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 11 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "zuinig"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 11 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "säästeliäs"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 11 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "säästäväinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 11 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "économe"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 11 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "sparsam"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 11 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "wirtschaftlich"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 11 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "ökonomisch"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 11 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "oikonomikós",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "οικονομικός"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 11 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "gazdaságos"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 11 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "eacnamaíoch"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 11 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "eacnamúil"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 11 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "parcus"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 11 0",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "ekonomisks"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 11 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "eqtesâdi",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "اقتصادی"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 11 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ekonómnyj",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "эконо́мный"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 11 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "berežlívyj",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "бережли́вый"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 11 0",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "cùramach"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 11 0",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "varčen"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 11 0",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "gospodaren"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 11 0",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "ekonomičen"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 11 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "sparsam"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 11 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ekonómnyj",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "еконо́мний"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The new, eco-friendly bicycle was an economical purchase.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1961 March, “The new Glasgow Central signalbox”, in Trains Illustrated, page 177",
"text": "The whole [resignalling] scheme has proved more economical than the construction of a new Clyde bridge.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Saving money or resources."
],
"id": "en-economical-en-adj-AQXCSZNb",
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "4 96 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "saving money or resources",
"word": "edullinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "saving money or resources",
"word": "taloudellinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "saving money or resources",
"word": "économique"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "oikonomikós",
"sense": "saving money or resources",
"word": "οικονομικός"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "saving money or resources",
"word": "gazdaságos"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "saving money or resources",
"word": "eacnamaíoch"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "saving money or resources",
"word": "eacnamúil"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "eqtesâdi",
"sense": "saving money or resources",
"word": "اقتصادی"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ekonomíčnyj",
"sense": "saving money or resources",
"word": "экономи́чный"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ekonómnyj",
"sense": "saving money or resources",
"word": "еконо́мний"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "18 15 67",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "26 21 53",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -al",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 12 72",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Economics",
"orig": "en:Economics",
"parents": [
"Social sciences",
"Sciences",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1854, Patrick Edward Dove, The Elements of Political Science, part 2, page 246",
"text": "In economical science, value and the power of producing value are taken into consideration.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1922, Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk, Capital and Interest: A Critical History of Economical Theory, page 218",
"text": "By Use, then, in the sense given it by the Say-Hermann school, we have to think of an objective useful element which proceeds from goods, and acquires independent economical existence as well as independent economical value.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2007, Who's Who in the Arab World, page 312",
"text": "Doctor in Economical Sciences.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2010, New Techniques and Technologies in Mining, page 20",
"text": "Economical function usually has anti-crisis orientation and forms stable economical development of the state.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Relating to economy in any other sense."
],
"id": "en-economical-en-adj-Jsehp6KN",
"links": [
[
"economy",
"economy"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dated) Relating to economy in any other sense."
],
"tags": [
"dated"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪkəl/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌɛkəˈnɒmɪkəl/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪkəl/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "En-us-economical.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1a/En-us-economical.ogg/En-us-economical.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/En-us-economical.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "economicall"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "œconomical"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "œconomicall"
}
],
"word": "economical"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 5-syllable words",
"English adjectives",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *nem-",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyḱ-",
"English terms suffixed with -al",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"en:Economics"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "agroeconomical"
},
{
"word": "bioeconomical"
},
{
"word": "economically"
},
{
"word": "economicalness"
},
{
"word": "economical with the truth"
},
{
"word": "noneconomical"
},
{
"word": "pharmacoeconomical"
},
{
"word": "socio-political-economical"
},
{
"word": "uneconomical"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*weyḱ-",
"4": "*nem-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "economic",
"3": "al"
},
"expansion": "economic + -al",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "economic + -al",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more economical",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most economical",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "economical (comparative more economical, superlative most economical)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"word": "economic"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was an economical person by nature.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Careful with money so as not to spend too much; prudent; thrifty."
],
"links": [
[
"prudent",
"prudent"
],
[
"thrifty",
"thrifty"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The new, eco-friendly bicycle was an economical purchase.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1961 March, “The new Glasgow Central signalbox”, in Trains Illustrated, page 177",
"text": "The whole [resignalling] scheme has proved more economical than the construction of a new Clyde bridge.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Saving money or resources."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English dated terms",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1854, Patrick Edward Dove, The Elements of Political Science, part 2, page 246",
"text": "In economical science, value and the power of producing value are taken into consideration.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1922, Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk, Capital and Interest: A Critical History of Economical Theory, page 218",
"text": "By Use, then, in the sense given it by the Say-Hermann school, we have to think of an objective useful element which proceeds from goods, and acquires independent economical existence as well as independent economical value.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2007, Who's Who in the Arab World, page 312",
"text": "Doctor in Economical Sciences.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2010, New Techniques and Technologies in Mining, page 20",
"text": "Economical function usually has anti-crisis orientation and forms stable economical development of the state.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Relating to economy in any other sense."
],
"links": [
[
"economy",
"economy"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dated) Relating to economy in any other sense."
],
"tags": [
"dated"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪkəl/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌɛkəˈnɒmɪkəl/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪkəl/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "En-us-economical.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1a/En-us-economical.ogg/En-us-economical.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/En-us-economical.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "economicall"
},
{
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "œconomical"
},
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "œconomicall"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ikonomičen",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "икономичен"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "節約的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiéyuē de",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "节约的"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "hospodárný"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "spaarzaam"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "zuinig"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "säästeliäs"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "säästäväinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "économe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "sparsam"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "wirtschaftlich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "ökonomisch"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "oikonomikós",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "οικονομικός"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "gazdaságos"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "eacnamaíoch"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "eacnamúil"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "parcus"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "ekonomisks"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "eqtesâdi",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "اقتصادی"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ekonómnyj",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "эконо́мный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "berežlívyj",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "бережли́вый"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "cùramach"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "varčen"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "gospodaren"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "ekonomičen"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "sparsam"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ekonómnyj",
"sense": "careful with money",
"word": "еконо́мний"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "saving money or resources",
"word": "edullinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "saving money or resources",
"word": "taloudellinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "saving money or resources",
"word": "économique"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "oikonomikós",
"sense": "saving money or resources",
"word": "οικονομικός"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "saving money or resources",
"word": "gazdaságos"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "saving money or resources",
"word": "eacnamaíoch"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "saving money or resources",
"word": "eacnamúil"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "eqtesâdi",
"sense": "saving money or resources",
"word": "اقتصادی"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ekonomíčnyj",
"sense": "saving money or resources",
"word": "экономи́чный"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ekonómnyj",
"sense": "saving money or resources",
"word": "еконо́мний"
}
],
"word": "economical"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.