thrifty

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for thrifty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Etymology

From Middle English thrifty, threfty, thryfty, þrifti, equivalent to thrift +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

enPR: thrĭft'ē, IPA^(key): /ˈθɹɪfti/

Adjective

thrifty (comparative thriftier, superlative thriftiest)

evincing thrift; characterized by economy and good management of property; frugal.
Thriving by industry and frugality; prosperous in the acquisition of worldly goods; increasing in wealth
a thrifty person
Growing rapidly or vigorously; thriving
a thrifty plant
Secured by thrift; well husbanded.
Having a pleasant appearance; looking or being in good condition

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:frugal

Antonyms

spendthrift

Derived terms

Related terms

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<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/thrift' title='thrift'>thrift</a>

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<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/thrive' title='thrive'>thrive</a>

Translations

given to, or evincing, thrift

Catalan: estalviador
Chinese:
Mandarin: 節儉 (zh), 节俭 (zh) (jiéjiǎn), 節約 (zh), 节约 (zh) (jiéyuē)
Danish: sparsommelig (da)
Finnish: säästäväinen (fi)
French: économe (fr)
Galician: aplicado
German: sparsam (de)
Hungarian: takarékos (hu)
Irish: tábhachtach
Italian: parsimonioso (it)
Japanese: 倹しい (つましい, tsumashii)

Latin: parcus m
Maori: whakamoamoa
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sparsommelig
Polish: oszczędny (pl) m
Portuguese: económico (pt) (Portugal), econômico (pt) (Brazil), parcimonioso (pt)
Romanian: econom (ro)
Russian: эконо́мный (ru) (ekonómnyj), бережли́вый (ru) (berežlívyj), хозя́йственный (ru) (xozjájstvennyj)
Scottish Gaelic: cùramach, dèanadach
Serbo-Croatian: štedljiv (sh)
Spanish: ahorrador (es), ahorrativo (es)
Swedish: sparsam (sv)

thriving by industry and frugality

Finnish: vaurastuva (fi)

Russian: процвета́ющий (ru) m (procvetájuščij)

growing rapidly or vigorously

Finnish: nopeakasvuinen

secured by thrift; well husbanded

Finnish: hyvin hoidettu, vauras (fi)

well appearing

Finnish: hyvinvoiva

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French: ^{(please verify)} économe (fr) m or f
Irish: ^{(please verify)} críonna

Italian: ^{(please verify)} economico (it) m
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} económico (es) m

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