parsimony

Signification (Anglais)

1. (uncountable, usually) Great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.
2. (broadly, uncountable, usually) The quality or characteristic of using the fewest resources or explanations to solve a problem.

Concepts

parcimonie

lésine

pingrerie

avarice

ladrerie

étroitesse

économie

Synonymes

niggardliness

stinginess

miserliness

parsimoniousness

thrift

penuriousness

meanness

closefistedness

closeness

tightfistedness

tightness

penny-pinching

economy

husbandry

minginess

niggardness

Providence

self-regard

sparingness

close-fistedness

meaness

excessive economy

sordidness

costiveness

frugality

greed

mean

miserly

narrow-mindedness

saving

savings

selfishness

skimping

avarice

spareness

stingy

thriftiness

vanity

Traductions

parsimonia

parsimonia

parcimônia

parcimónia

avarizia

Sparsamkeit

Geiz

parsimònia

zuinigheid

avaritia

οικονομία

Knickerigkeit

tirchieria

taccagneria

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈpɑɹ.sə.ˌmoʊ.ni/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: parcimonie

In summary

From Middle English parcimonie, from Middle French parsimonie, from Latin parsimōnia (“frugality, sparingness”), from pars-, past participle stem of parcere (“to spare”), + -monia, suffix signifying action, state, or condition.