"frugality" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /fɹuːˈɡæləti/ Forms: frugalities [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French frugalité. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|frugalité}} Middle French frugalité Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} frugality (countable and uncountable, plural frugalities)
  1. The quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift): φειδωλία (pheidōlía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), տնտեսողություն (tntesoġutʻyun) (Armenian), խնայողություն (xnayoġutʻyun) (Armenian), չափավորություն (čʻapʻavorutʻyun) (Armenian), пестеливост (pestelivost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), frugalitat [feminine] (Catalan), skromnost [feminine] (Czech), spořivost [feminine] (Czech), nøjsomhed [common-gender] (Danish), beskedenhed [common-gender] (Danish), sparsommelighed [common-gender] (Danish), zuinigheid [feminine] (Dutch), spaarzaamheid (Dutch), frugaliteit [feminine] (Dutch), soberheid (Dutch), matigheid (Dutch), säästäväisyys (Finnish), nuukuus (Finnish), frugalité [feminine] (French), frugalidade [feminine] (Galician), მომჭირნეობა (momč̣irneoba) (Georgian), დამზოგველობა (damzogveloba) (Georgian), ეკონომიურობა (eḳonomiuroba) (Georgian), ზომიერება (zomiereba) (Georgian), მოკრძალებულობა (moḳrʒalebuloba) (Georgian), ყაირათი (q̇airati) (Georgian), Genügsamkeit [feminine] (German), Einfachheit [feminine] (German), Frugalität [feminine] (German), Sparsamkeit [feminine] (German), λιτότητα (litótita) [feminine] (Greek), baileachas [masculine] (Irish), cruinneas [masculine] (Irish), spárálacht [feminine] (Irish), tíosaíocht [feminine] (Irish), frugalità [feminine] (Italian), parsimōnia [feminine] (Latin), frūgālitās [feminine] (Latin), måtehold (Norwegian Bokmål), sparsommelighet (Norwegian Bokmål), frugalidade [feminine] (Portuguese), ਕਮਖਰਚੀ (kamkharacī) [feminine] (Punjabi), cumpătare (Romanian), frugalitate [feminine] (Romanian), бережли́вость (berežlívostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), эконо́мность (ekonómnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), štedljivost (Serbo-Croatian), skromnost (Serbo-Croatian), čuvarnost (Serbo-Croatian), frugalidad [feminine] (Spanish), parsimonia [feminine] (Spanish), tutumluluk (Turkish), cynildeb [masculine] (Welsh), darbodaeth [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-frugality-en-noun-N9yikHGV Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift': 98 2
  2. A sparing use; sparingness. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-frugality-en-noun-iAbY5VTC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Punjabi translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Punjabi translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: frugalness [uncommon, variant], parsimony, thriftiness

Inflected forms

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      "word": "säästäväisyys"
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      "word": "frugalité"
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      "sense": "quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift",
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      "roman": "momč̣irneoba",
      "sense": "quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift",
      "word": "მომჭირნეობა"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "frugalità"
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      "word": "parsimōnia"
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      "sense": "quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift",
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      "word": "frūgālitās"
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      "sense": "quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift",
      "word": "måtehold"
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      "sense": "quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift",
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      "word": "frugalidade"
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      "roman": "kamkharacī",
      "sense": "quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ਕਮਖਰਚੀ"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift",
      "word": "cumpătare"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift",
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      "word": "frugalitate"
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      "roman": "berežlívostʹ",
      "sense": "quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "бережли́вость"
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      "roman": "ekonómnostʹ",
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      "word": "эконо́мность"
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      "sense": "quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift",
      "word": "štedljivost"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift",
      "word": "skromnost"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift",
      "word": "čuvarnost"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift",
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      "word": "frugalidad"
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "parsimonia"
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      "sense": "quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift",
      "word": "tutumluluk"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cynildeb"
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift",
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