Thrift is alien to my nature.
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Thrift
//θɹɪft//
Synonyms for "thrift" (39 found)
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Related words (19)
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14 entriesTranslations
79 translations across 34 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- φειδωλία noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
Belarusian
4 entries- ашча́длівасць noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
- ашча́днасць noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
- ашчэ́днасць noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
- беражлі́васць noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
Bulgarian
4 entries- лъжниче noun (various plants of the genus Armeria)
- пестели́вост noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
- песто́вност noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
- спесто́вност noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 節儉 /节俭 noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
- 節約 /节约 noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
Czech
1 entries- spořivost noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
Danish
1 entries- sparsommelighed noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
Dutch
4 entries- Armeria noun (various plants of the genus Armeria)
- Engels gras noun (various plants of the genus Armeria)
- spaarzaamheid noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
- zuinigheid noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
Finnish
2 entries- laukkaneilikka noun (various plants of the genus Armeria)
- säästäväisyys noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
French
4 entries- armérie noun (various plants of the genus Armeria)
- parcimonie noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
- économie noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
- épargne noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
Galician
4 entries- austeridade noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
- moderación noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
- severidade noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
- sobriedade noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
Georgian
4 entries- დამზოგველობა noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
- ეკონომიურობა noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
- ზომიერება noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
- მომჭირნეობა noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
German
2 entries- Grasnelke noun (various plants of the genus Armeria)
- Sparsamkeit noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
Greek
1 entries- λιτότητα noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
Hungarian
1 entries- takarékosság noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
Icelandic
2 entries- geldingahnappur noun (various plants of the genus Armeria)
- gullintoppa noun (various plants of the genus Armeria)
Irish
3 entries- barainn noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
- rabhán noun (various plants of the genus Armeria)
- tábhacht noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
Italian
4 entries- economia noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
- frugalità noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
- parsimonia noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
- risparmio noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
Japanese
4 entries- アルメリア noun (various plants of the genus Armeria)
- 倹約 noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
- 浜簪 noun (various plants of the genus Armeria)
- 節倹 noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
Korean
2 entries- 검약 noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
- 절약 noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
Latin
2 entries- frūgālitās noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
- parsimonia noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- nøysomhet noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- nøysemd noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- اداره noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
Persian
1 entries- صرفهجویی noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
Polish
2 entries- oszczędność noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
- zawciąg noun (various plants of the genus Armeria)
Portuguese
2 entries- economia noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
- frugalidade noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
Romanian
1 entries- cumpătare noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
Russian
2 entries- бережли́вость noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
- эконо́мность noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
Slovak
1 entries- sporivosť noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
Spanish
4 entries- ahorro noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
- economía noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
- parquedad noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
- parsimonia noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
Swedish
2 entries- sparsamhet noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
- trift noun (various plants of the genus Armeria)
Tamil
1 entries- சிக்கனம் noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
Turkish
1 entries- tutumluluk noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
Ukrainian
4 entries- бережли́вість noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
- еконо́мність noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
- оща́дливість noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
- оща́дність noun (characteristic of using a minimum of something)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
The speaker stressed the need for thrift.
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A small income obliges us to thrift.
Source: tatoeba (266274)
Practice thrift!
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