be+frugal
31FRUGAL — ALE. adj. Qui se contente de peu pour sa nourriture, qui vit de choses communes. Il est extrêmement frugal. On dit dans un sens analogue, Vie frugale. Mener une vie frugale. Ce mot n a point de pluriel au masculin. Repas frugal, table frugale,… …
32FRUGAL, ALE — adj. Qui se contente de mets simples. Un homme frugal. Par extension, Vie frugale. Il signifie aussi Qui consiste en mets simples. Repas frugal. Table frugale …
33frugal — frugality, frugalness, n. frugally, adv. /frooh geuhl/, adj. 1. economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful: a frugal manager. 2. entailing little expense; requiring few resources; meager; scanty: a frugal meal.… …
34frugal — Synonyms and related words: Lenten, Scotch, Spartan, abstemious, ascetic, austere, budget, canny, careful, chary, cheap, cheeseparing, conservational, conservative, conserving, discreet, dwarfed, dwarfish, easy, economic, economical, economizing …
35frugal — [16] Paradoxically, frugal comes from a source that meant ‘fruitful’. English borrowed it from Latin frūgālis, which was derived from the adjective frūgī ‘useful’. This in turn was the dative case of the noun frūx ‘fruit, value’, which came from… …
36frugal — adjective 1) a hard working, frugal woman Syn: thrifty, economical, careful, cautious, prudent, provident, unwasteful, sparing, scrimping; abstemious, abstinent, austere, self denying, ascetic, monkish, spartan; parsimonious …
37frugal — [16] Paradoxically, frugal comes from a source that meant ‘fruitful’. English borrowed it from Latin frūgālis, which was derived from the adjective frūgī ‘useful’. This in turn was the dative case of the noun frūx ‘fruit, value’, which came from… …
38frugal — adjective Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin frugalis virtuous, frugal, from frug , frux fruit, value; akin to Latin frui to enjoy Date: 1590 characterized by or reflecting economy in the use of resources Synonyms: see… …
39frugal — anspruchslos, ärmlich, armselig, bescheiden, einfach, genügsam, karg, kärglich, kümmerlich, puritanisch, schlicht, spärlich, spartanisch; (abwertend): dürftig; (oft abwertend): primitiv, simpel; (ugs. abwertend): mickrig, popelig; (landsch.):… …
40frugal — fru·ga̲l Adj; geschr; einfach und nicht besonders schmackhaft ≈ karg, bescheiden ↔ üppig, reichhaltig <meist ein Mahl, frugal speisen> …
