frugal

fru·gal  (frgl)

adj.

1. Practicing or marked by economy, as in the expenditure of money or the use of material resources. See Synonyms at sparing.

2. Costing little; inexpensive: a frugal lunch.

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[Latin frglis, virtuous, thrifty, from frx, frg-, fruit, virtue.]

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fru·gali·ty (fr-gl-t), frugal·ness n.

frugal·ly adv.

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frugal [ˈfruːg^əl]

adj

1. practising economy; living without waste; thrifty

2. not costly; meagre

[from Latin frūgālis, from frūgī useful, temperate, from frux fruit]

frugality , frugalness n

frugally  adv

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

frugal - avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally" sparing, stinting, scotch, economical colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech thrifty - careful and diligent in the use of resources

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frugal

adjective

1. thrifty, sparing, careful, prudent, provident, parsimonious, abstemious, penny-wise, saving, cheeseparing She lives a frugal life.
thrifty excessive, lavish, luxurious, extravagant, wasteful, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, imprudent

2. meagre, economical, niggardly Her diet was frugal.

Translations

frugal [ˈfruːgəl] ADJ → frugal

frugal [ˈfruːg^əl] adj [person] → économe; [life] → frugal(e); [meal, diet] → frugal(e)

frugal

adj

person, life → genügsam; to be frugal with one’s money → sparsam mit seinem Geld umgehen

meal → karg; food, diet → frugal (geh), → bescheiden

frugal [ˈfruːg/əl] adj (person) → economo/a; (meal) → frugale