"frugal" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɹuːɡəl/ Audio: en-us-frugal.ogg [US], en-au-frugal.ogg [Australia] Forms: more frugal [comparative], most frugal [superlative]
Rhymes: -uːɡəl Etymology: From Middle French, from Latin frugalis (“virtuous, thrifty”). Displaced native Old English spærhende (literally “spare-handed”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰruHg-}}, {{der|en|frm|-}} Middle French, {{der|en|la|frugalis||virtuous, thrifty}} Latin frugalis (“virtuous, thrifty”), {{ncog|ang|spærhende|lit=spare-handed}} Old English spærhende (literally “spare-handed”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} frugal (comparative more frugal, superlative most frugal)
  1. Avoiding unnecessary expenditure either of money or of anything else which is to be used or consumed; avoiding waste. Hypernyms: cautious, efficient Derived forms: frugality Related terms: a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, stingy Translations (economical, avoiding waste, thrifty): yığımcıl (Azerbaijani), qənaətcil (Azerbaijani), ашчадны (aščadny) (Belarusian), пестелив (pesteliv) (Bulgarian), икономичен (ikonomičen) (Bulgarian), frugal (Catalan), 節儉 (Chinese Mandarin), 节俭 (jiéjiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), skromný [masculine] (Czech), spořivý (note: of a person) [masculine] (Czech), sparsommelig (Danish), mådeholden (Danish), nøjsom (Danish), zuinig (Dutch), spaarzaam (Dutch), frugaal (Dutch), ŝparema (Esperanto), säästäväinen (Finnish), nuuka (Finnish), frugal (French), frugal (Galician), მომჭირნე (momč̣irne) (Georgian), genügsam (German), sparsam (German), schlicht (German), λιτός (litós) [masculine] (Greek), takarékos (Hungarian), beosztó (Hungarian), frugala (Ido), spárálach (Irish), frugale [feminine, masculine] (Italian), 倹約な (kan'yaku na) (Japanese), 質素な (shisso na) (Japanese), 倹しい (tsumashii) (Japanese), frūgālis (Latin), parcus (Latin), штедлив (štedliv) [masculine] (Macedonian), mênagi (Norman), måteholden (Norwegian), frugal (Norwegian), nøysom (Norwegian Bokmål), sparsommelig (Norwegian Bokmål), spærhende (Old English), صرفهجو (sarfe-ju) (Persian), اقتصادی (eqtesâdi) (Persian), oszczędny [masculine] (Polish), frugal (Portuguese), ਕਮਖਰਚ (kamkharac) (Punjabi), бережливый (berežlivyj) (Russian), štedljiv (Serbo-Croatian), skromný (Slovak), úsporný [masculine] (Slovak), sporovlivý [masculine] (Slovak), frugal (Spanish), ahorrativo (Spanish), económico (Spanish), frugal (Swedish), sparsam (Swedish), återhållsam (Swedish), tutumlu (Turkish), бережли́вий (berežlývyj) (Ukrainian), оща́дливий (oščádlyvyj) (Ukrainian), заоща́дливий (zaoščádlyvyj) (Ukrainian), еконо́мний (ekonómnyj) (Ukrainian), tằn tiện (Vietnamese), cynnil (Welsh), darbodus (Welsh)

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          "text": "frugal advice",
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          "text": "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.",
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          "word": "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush"
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          "word": "stingy"
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          "word": "cheap"
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          "word": "economical"
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          "word": "thrifty"
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          "word": "canny"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:frugal",
          "word": "chary"
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        {
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          "word": "close with a buck"
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          "word": "penny-pinching"
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "word": "yığımcıl"
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          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
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          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "note": "of a person",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "word": "sparsommelig"
        },
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "word": "mådeholden"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
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        },
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "word": "zuinig"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "word": "spaarzaam"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "word": "frugaal"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "word": "ŝparema"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "word": "säästäväinen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "word": "nuuka"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "word": "frugal"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "word": "frugal"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "momč̣irne",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "word": "მომჭირნე"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "word": "genügsam"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "word": "sparsam"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "word": "schlicht"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
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          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "word": "takarékos"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "word": "beosztó"
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        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "word": "frugala"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "word": "spárálach"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "frugale"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kan'yaku na",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "word": "倹約な"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shisso na",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "word": "質素な"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tsumashii",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "word": "倹しい"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "word": "frūgālis"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "word": "parcus"
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        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "štedliv",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "штедлив"
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        {
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "word": "mênagi"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "word": "måteholden"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "word": "frugal"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "word": "nøysom"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "word": "sparsommelig"
        },
        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "word": "spærhende"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "sarfe-ju",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "word": "صرفهجو"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "eqtesâdi",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "word": "اقتصادی"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "oszczędny"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "word": "frugal"
        },
        {
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "kamkharac",
          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
          "word": "ਕਮਖਰਚ"
        },
        {
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          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
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          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
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          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
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          "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
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    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more frugal",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most frugal",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "frugal (comparative more frugal, superlative most frugal)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:frugal",
      "word": "cautious"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:frugal",
      "word": "efficient"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:frugal",
      "word": "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:frugal",
      "word": "stingy"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Belarusian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Bulgarian terms with redundant script codes",
        "English 2-syllable words",
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Middle French",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰruHg-",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Rhymes:English/uːɡəl",
        "Rhymes:English/uːɡəl/2 syllables"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "frugal advice",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1776, Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Book II, Chapter III",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Avoiding unnecessary expenditure either of money or of anything else which is to be used or consumed; avoiding waste."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "expenditure",
          "expenditure"
        ],
        [
          "avoid",
          "avoid"
        ],
        [
          "waste",
          "waste"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɹuːɡəl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːɡəl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-frugal.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/En-us-frugal.ogg/En-us-frugal.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/En-us-frugal.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-frugal.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2a/En-au-frugal.ogg/En-au-frugal.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/En-au-frugal.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cheap"
    },
    {
      "word": "economical"
    },
    {
      "word": "thrifty"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:frugal",
      "word": "canny"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:frugal",
      "word": "chary"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:frugal",
      "word": "close with a buck"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:frugal",
      "word": "frugal"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:frugal",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "husbandly"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:frugal",
      "word": "huswifely"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:frugal",
      "word": "parsimonious"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:frugal",
      "word": "penny-pinching"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:frugal",
      "word": "prudent"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:frugal",
      "word": "sparing"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:frugal",
      "word": "tight"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:frugal",
      "word": "tightwad"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "yığımcıl"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "qənaətcil"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "aščadny",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "ашчадны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pesteliv",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "пестелив"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ikonomičen",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "икономичен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "frugal"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "節儉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiéjiǎn",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "节俭"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skromný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "note": "of a person",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spořivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "sparsommelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "mådeholden"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "nøjsom"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "zuinig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "spaarzaam"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "frugaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "ŝparema"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "säästäväinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "nuuka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "frugal"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "frugal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "momč̣irne",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "მომჭირნე"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "genügsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "sparsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "schlicht"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "litós",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "λιτός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "takarékos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "beosztó"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "frugala"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "spárálach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "frugale"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kan'yaku na",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "倹約な"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shisso na",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "質素な"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsumashii",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "倹しい"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "frūgālis"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "parcus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "štedliv",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "штедлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "mênagi"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "måteholden"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "frugal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "nøysom"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "sparsommelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "spærhende"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sarfe-ju",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "صرفهجو"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "eqtesâdi",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "اقتصادی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oszczędny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "frugal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "kamkharac",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "ਕਮਖਰਚ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "berežlivyj",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "бережливый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "štedljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "skromný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "úsporný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sporovlivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "frugal"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "ahorrativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "económico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "frugal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "sparsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "återhållsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "tutumlu"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "berežlývyj",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "бережли́вий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "oščádlyvyj",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "оща́дливий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zaoščádlyvyj",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "заоща́дливий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ekonómnyj",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "еконо́мний"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "tằn tiện"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "cynnil"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "economical, avoiding waste, thrifty",
      "word": "darbodus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "frugal"
}

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