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English

Etymology
From L. frugalis "virtuous, thrifty"

Pronunciation
IPA|/�fru�ɡ�l/
audio|en-us-frugal.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|u�ɡ�l

Adjective
en-adj

1. economical, avoiding waste, thrifty

Quotations
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.

Translations

Czech: spo�ivý m (about a person)
Finnish: säästäväinen, taloudellinen
French: t+|fr|frugal
Ido: frugala
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Portuguese: frugal
Spanish: t-|es|frugal

French

Pronunciation
w:IPA|IPA: /f�y.ɡal/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /fRy.gal/

Adjective
fr-infl-adj|smfrugal|sffrugale|pmfrugaux|pffrugales|smpf�y.ɡal|sfpf�y.ɡal|pmpf�y.ɡ�|pfpf�y.ɡal
frugal (m pl. frugaux)

1. miserly, avoiding waste

Related terms
frugalement
frugalité

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