lésine

Noun

miserliness, stinginess

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of lésiner:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of lésiner:

Pronounced as (IPA)

/le.zin/

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian: lesina

In summary

Borrowed from Italian lesina. Doublet of alêne.

Concepts

closefistedness

penuriousness

stinginess

cheeseparing

miserliness

niggardliness

parsimony

costiveness

meanness

poverty

Synonyms

avarice

pingrerie

parcimonie

ladrerie

économie

pauvreté

Translations

avarizia

taccagneria

tirchieria

avaritia

esosità

Knauserigkeit

parcimónia

Knickerigkeit

Knauserei

parsimonia

codez

avaricia

Geiz

cimrilik

grettezza