By virtue of frugality he has made a fortune.
Source: tatoeba (300602)
Frugality
//fɹuːˈɡæləti//
Synonyms for "frugality" (69 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (34)
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2 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
55 translations across 26 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- φειδωλία noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
Armenian
3 entries- խնայողություն noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
- չափավորություն noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
- տնտեսողություն noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
Bulgarian
1 entries- пестеливост noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
Catalan
1 entries- frugalitat noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
Czech
2 entries- skromnost noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
- spořivost noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
Danish
3 entries- beskedenhed noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
- nøjsomhed noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
- sparsommelighed noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
Dutch
4 entries- frugaliteit noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
- matigheid noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
- soberheid noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
- spaarzaamheid noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
Finnish
2 entries- nuukuus noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
- säästäväisyys noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
French
1 entries- frugalité noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
Galician
1 entries- frugalidade noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
Georgian
4 entries- დამზოგველობა noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
- ეკონომიურობა noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
- ზომიერება noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
- მოკრძალებულობა noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
German
4 entries- Einfachheit noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
- Frugalität noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
- Genügsamkeit noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
- Sparsamkeit noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
Greek
1 entries- λιτότητα noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
Irish
4 entries- baileachas noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
- cruinneas noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
- spárálacht noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
- tíosaíocht noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
Italian
1 entries- frugalità noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
Latin
2 entries- frūgālitās noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
- parsimōnia noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- måtehold noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
- sparsommelighet noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- اداره noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
Portuguese
1 entries- frugalidade noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਕਮਖਰਚੀ noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
Romanian
2 entries- cumpătare noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
- frugalitate noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
Russian
2 entries- бережли́вость noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
- эконо́мность noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- skromnost noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
- čuvarnost noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
- štedljivost noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
Spanish
2 entries- frugalidad noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
- parsimonia noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
Turkish
1 entries- tutumluluk noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
Welsh
2 entries- cynildeb noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
- darbodaeth noun (quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Frugality with diligence builds houses like castles.
Source: tatoeba (413692)
To me, there are but three treasures, compassion, frugality, and not daring to take the lead in the empire.
Source: tatoeba (2415651)
By frugality she managed to get along on her small salary.
Source: tatoeba (3534644)
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