frugal

Etymology

From Middle French, from Latin frugalis (“virtuous, thrifty”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹuːɡəl/

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• Rhymes: -uːɡəl

Adjective

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.
   • 1776, Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Book II, Chapter III:

     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.

Further reading

• frugal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• frugal in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin frūgālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁy.ɡal/

Adjective

frugal (feminine singular frugale, masculine plural frugaux, feminine plural frugales)

1. frugal, austere

Further reading

• “frugal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

From Latin frūgālis.

Adjective

frugal m, f (plural frugais)

1. frugal, economical

Etymology

From Latin frūgālis.

Adjective

frugal (plural frugais, comparable)

1. frugal, economical

Etymology

From Latin frūgālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fɾuˈɣ̞a̠l], [fɾuˈɡa̠l]
• See also: frutal, brutal

Adjective

frugal (plural frugales)

1. frugal, economical