English-Thai Dictionary

frugal

ADJ ประหยัด  ตระหนี่  มัธยัสถ์  กระเหม็ดกระแหม่  thrifty pra-yad

 

frugality

N ความประหยัด  ความ มัธยัสถ์  ความตระหนี่  ความ กระเหม็ดกระแหม่  thriftiness kwam-pra-yad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FRUGAL

a.[L. frugalis. See Fruit. ] Economical in the use or appropriation of money, goods or provisions of any kind; saving unnecessary expense, either of money or of any thing else which is to be used or consumed; sparing; not profuse, prodigal or lavish. We ought to be frugal not only in the expenditure of money and of goods, but in the employment of time. It is followed by of, before the thing saved; as frugal of time. It is not synonymous with parsimonious, nor with thrifty, as now used.

 

FRUGALITY

n. 1. Prudent economy; good husbandry or housewifery; a sparing use or appropriation of money or commodities; a judicious use of any thing to be expended or employed; that careful management of money or goods which expends nothing unnecessarily, and applies what is used to a profitable purpose; that use in which nothing is wasted. It is not equivalent to parsimony, the latter being an excess of frugality, and a fault. Frugality is always a virtue. Nor is it synonymous with thrift, in its proper sense; for thrift is the effect of frugality.
Without frugality none can become rich, and with it few would be poor.
2. A prudent and sparing use or appropriation of any thing; as frugality of praise.

 

FRUGALLY

adv. With economy; with good management; in a saving manner. He seldom lives frugally, that lives by chance.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FRUGAL

Fru "gal, a. Etym: [L. frugalis, fr. frugi, lit. , for fruit; hence, fit for food, useful, proper, temperate, the dative of frux, frugis, fruit, akin to E. fruit: cf. F. frugal. See Fruit, n.]

 

1. Economical in the use or appropriation of resources; not wasteful or lavish; wise in the expenditure or application of force, materials, time, etc. ; characterized by frugality; sparing; economical; saving; as, a frugal housekeeper; frugal of time. I oft admire How Nature, wise and frugal, could commit Such disproportions. Milton.

 

2. Obtained by, or appropriate to, economy; as, a frugal fortune. "Frugal fare. " Dryden.

 

FRUGALITY

Fru *gal "i *ty, n.; pl. Frugalities. Etym: [L. frugalitas: cf. F.frugalité. ]

 

1. The quality of being frugal; prudent economy; that careful management of anything valuable which expends nothing unnecessarily, and applies what is used to a profitable purpose; thrift; --- opposed to extravagance. Frugality is founded on the principle that all riches have limits. Burke.

 

2. A sparing use; sparingness; as, frugality of praise.

 

Syn. -- Economy; parsimony. See Economy.

 

FRUGALLY

FRUGALLY Fru "gal *ly, adv.

 

Defn: Thriftily; prudently.

 

FRUGALNESS

FRUGALNESS Fru "gal *ness

 

Defn:, n. Quality of being frugal; frugality.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

frugal

fru gal |ˈfro͞ogəl ˈfrugəl | ▶adjective sparing or economical with regard to money or food: he led a remarkably frugal existence. • simple and plain and costing little: a frugal meal. DERIVATIVES fru gal ly adverb ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin frugalis, from frugi ‘economical, thrifty, ’ from frux, frug- ‘fruit. ’

 

frugality

fru gal i ty |fro͞oˈgalətē fruˈɡæləti | ▶noun the quality of being economical with money or food; thriftiness: he scorned the finer things in life and valued frugality and simplicity.

 

Oxford Dictionary

frugal

frugal |ˈfruːg (ə )l | ▶adjective sparing or economical as regards money or food: I'm a bit too frugal to splash out on designer clothes. • simple and plain and costing little: a frugal meal. DERIVATIVES frugally adverb ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin frugalis, from frugi ‘economical, thrifty ’, from frux, frug- ‘fruit ’.

 

frugality

fru ¦gal |ity |fruːˈgalɪti | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the quality of being economical with money or food; thriftiness: he scorned the finer things in life and valued frugality and simplicity.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

frugal

frugal adjective 1 a hard-working, frugal woman: thrifty, economical, careful, cautious, prudent, provident, unwasteful, sparing, scrimping; abstemious, abstinent, austere, self-denying, ascetic, monkish, spartan; parsimonious, miserly, niggardly, cheeseparing, penny-pinching, close-fisted; informal tightfisted, tight, stingy. ANTONYMS extravagant. 2 their frugal breakfast: meager, scanty, scant, paltry, skimpy; plain, simple, spartan, inexpensive, cheap, economical. ANTONYMS lavish. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See economical . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

frugal

frugal adjective 1 she lives a frugal life: thrifty, sparing, economical, saving; careful, cautious, prudent, provident, unwasteful, sensible, canny; abstemious, abstinent, austere, self-denying, ascetic, non-indulgent, self-disciplined, spartan, puritanical, nunlike, monastic, monkish; miserly, parsimonious, niggardly, scrimping, cheese-paring, penny-pinching, close-fisted, ungenerous, grasping; N. Amer. forehanded; informal tight-fisted, tight, mingy, stingy; N. Amer. informal cheap. ANTONYMS extravagant. 2 the boys finished their frugal breakfast: meagre, scanty, scant, paltry, skimpy, insufficient; plain, simple, moderate, temperate, austere, ascetic, spartan, restrained; inexpensive, cheap, economical. ANTONYMS lavish.

 

frugality

frugality noun he was known for his frugality and modesty: thriftiness, carefulness, scrimping and saving, conservation, good management; caution, prudence, providence, canniness; abstemiousness, abstinence, austerity, asceticism, self-discipline, restraint, moderation, puritanism, monasticism, monkishness; miserliness, meanness, parsimoniousness, niggardliness, close-fistedness; informal tight-fistedness, tightness, stinginess; rare sparingness. ANTONYMS extravagance.

 

Duden Dictionary

frugal

fru gal Adjektiv |frug a l |französisch frugal < lateinisch frugalis = zu den Früchten gehörig, fruchtig, zu: frux (Genitiv: frugis ) = Frucht, zu: frui, Frucht (in Bezug auf die Lebensweise, besonders in Bezug auf Essen und Trinken ) einfach, bescheiden; nicht üppig ein frugales (einfaches, aber gutes ) Mahl | frugal leben, essen

 

Frugalität

Fru ga li tät Substantiv, feminin bildungssprachlich , die |Frugalit ä t |französisch frugalité = Genügsamkeit, Einfachheit < lateinisch frugalitas, eigentlich = Vorrat an Früchten Einfachheit, Bescheidenheit

 

French Dictionary

frugal

frugal , ale , aux adj. adjectif Peu abondant, simple. : Des repas frugaux. SYNONYME léger .

 

frugalement

frugalement adv. adverbe De façon frugale. : Ils ont mangé frugalement.

 

frugalité

frugalité n. f. nom féminin Simplicité. : La frugalité d ’un repas de campeur.

 

Spanish Dictionary

frugal

frugal adjetivo 1 [comida ] Que es sencillo y poco abundante :almuerzo frugal; por la noche es aconsejable hacer una comida frugal y sana .2 [persona ] Que se alimenta de comidas sencillas y poco abundantes .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo (s. xvii ) del latín frugalis ‘que produce ’, de donde se especializa en ‘sobrio ’, derivado de frugi ‘que da una buena cosecha ’, de donde figuradamente ‘moderado ’, ‘sobrio ’, ‘honrado ’. De la familia etimológica de fruto (V.).

 

frugalidad

frugalidad nombre femenino Moderación al comer o beber .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

frugal

fru gal /frúːɡ (ə )l /形容詞 more ～; most ～1 〈生活 消費が 〉質素な; 〈人が 〉 «…を » 倹約する, むだ遣いしない «with , of » (↔wasteful ) (!stingyと違い非難する含みはない ) ▸ live [lead ] a frugal life ≒live in a frugal way 倹約して暮らす 2 〖名詞 の前で 〗簡素な, 安上がりの 〈食事など 〉▸ a frugal meal 質素な食事 ～ly 副詞 つつましく 〈生活する 〉.

 

frugality

fru gal i ty /fruːɡǽləti /名詞 複 -ties U 質素, 倹約 ; C 〖通例 -ties 〗質素な暮らし .