English

Etymology 1
See sting.

Pronunciation
IPA: /�stɪ�ɪ/

Adjective
en-adj|sting|ier

1. sting|Stinging; able to sting.

Translations
trans-top|able to sting
Finnish: pistävä
German: stechend
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Etymology 2
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Pronunciation
IPA: /�stɪn(d)�ɪ/
audio|en-us-stingy.ogg|Audio (US)

Adjective
en-adj|sting|ier

1. Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl.

Translations
trans-top|covetous, meanly avaricious
Czech: lakomý m
Finnish: nuuka, itara
German: geizig, knauserig/knausrig
Italian: tirchio, avaro
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Russian: �к�пой (skupój), �ка�едн�й (skár'ednyj), п�ижими���й (prižímistyj)
Spanish: t|es|mezquino, t|es|tacaño
Swedish: snål
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ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|بخ�� unicode|(ba�í:l)
ttbc|Chinese: �氣, �� (xi�oqì)
ttbc|Dutch: gierig
ttbc|French: avare
ttbc|Japanese: �� (kechi), ��� (kechina), �� (�����, rinshoku)
ttbc|Korean: ��� (insaekhan)
ttbc|Portuguese: ávaro
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