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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪk/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɛ-/
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• Canadian, General-American, dialectal: /ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk/
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• Canadian, General-American, dialectal: /ˌi-/
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• Canada: /ˌikəˈnɑmɪk/
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• Australian: /ˌiːkəˈnɔmɪk/
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• Australian: /ˌe-/
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• India: /ˌiːkɔˈnɒmɪk/
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• India: /ˌɛ-/
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• rhymes with -ɒmɪk
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• CMU ARPABET: EH2 K AH0 N AA1 M IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: IY2 K AH0 N AA1 M IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wóyḱos Proto-Hellenic *wóikos Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos) Proto-Indo-European *nem-der. Proto-Indo-European *németi Proto-Hellenic *némō Ancient Greek νέμω (némō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos) Ancient Greek οἰκονόμος (oikonómos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek οἰκονομία (oikonomía)bor. Latin oeconomia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin oeconomicusder. Old French iconomikeder. Middle English iconomiquebor. Middle English economike, iconomique English economic The noun is derived from Middle English economike, iconomique (“household management”), and then: * from Middle French iconomique, oeconomique, and Old French iconomike (“(noun) household management; person in charge of household management; (adjective) relating to household management; relating to domestic or family matters; relating to management of a state; reducing costs or expenses, economical”) (modern French économique); and * from their etymon Latin oeconomicus (“(noun) household manager, housekeeper, steward; (adjective) relating to orderly arrangement of written material”) (whence Late Latin economicus (“relating to (management of) a household”)), and economica (“household management”), both from Ancient Greek οἰκονομῐκός (oikonomĭkós, “skilled in household management; frugal, thrifty, economical”) (whence Koine Greek οἰκονομῐκός (oikonomĭkós, “relating to orderly arrangement of written material”)); from οἰκονόμος (oikonómos, “master of a house; household manager, steward; administrator, manager”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, suffix meaning ‘of or relating to’ forming adjectives). Οἰκονόμος (Oikonómos) is derived from οἶκος (oîkos, “dwelling place, house; estate”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“(verb) to enter in; to settle; (noun) settlement”)) + νόμος (nómos, “law, ordinance”) (from νέμω (némō, “to distribute; to possess”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to distribute; to give; to take”)) + -ος (-os, suffix forming o-grade action nouns from verbs)). Noun sense 2.2 (“one who manages the income of a vacant benefice”) is from Italian economo, from Late Latin oeconomus (“housekeeper, steward; administrator, especially of a religious foundation”), from Ancient Greek οἰκονόμος (oikonómos, “master of a house; household manager, steward; administrator, manager”): see above. The adjective is derived from the noun; compare the adjective senses in Middle and Old French, Latin, and Ancient Greek. By surface analysis, economy + -ic.

114 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: ekonomik — pertaining to an economy
• Arabic: اِقْتِصَادِيّ (iqtiṣādiyy) — pertaining to an economy
• Armenian: տնտեսական (tntesakan) — pertaining to an economy
• Azerbaijani: iqtisadi — pertaining to an economy
• Belarusian: эканамі́чны (ekanamíčny) — pertaining to an economy
• Belarusian: гаспада́рскi (haspadárski) — pertaining to an economy
• Bengali: আর্থিক (arthik) — pertaining to an economy
• Breton: armerzhel — pertaining to an economy
• Bulgarian: икономи́чески (ikonomíčeski) — pertaining to an economy
• Bulgarian: стопа́нски (stopánski) — pertaining to an economy
• Burmese: စီးပွားရေး (ci:pwa:re:) — pertaining to an economy
• Catalan: econòmic — pertaining to an economy
• Chinese Mandarin: 經濟 /经济 (jīngjì) — pertaining to an economy
• Czech: hospodářský — pertaining to an economy
• Danish: økonomisk — pertaining to an economy
• Dutch: economisch — pertaining to an economy
• Esperanto: ekonomia — pertaining to an economy
• Estonian: majanduslik — pertaining to an economy
• Finnish: kansantaloudellinen — pertaining to an economy
• French: économique — pertaining to an economy
• Galician: económico — pertaining to an economy
• Georgian: ეკონომიკური (eḳonomiḳuri) — pertaining to an economy
• Georgian: საეკონომიო (saeḳonomio) — pertaining to an economy
• German: ökonomisch — pertaining to an economy
• German: Wirtschafts- — pertaining to an economy
• Greek: οικονομικός (oikonomikós) — pertaining to an economy
• Hebrew: כַּלְכָּלִי (kalkalí) — pertaining to an economy
• Hindi: आर्थिक (ārthik) — pertaining to an economy
• Hungarian: gazdasági — pertaining to an economy
• Icelandic: hagfræðilegur — pertaining to an economy
• Irish: eacnamaíoch — pertaining to an economy
• Irish: eacnamúil — pertaining to an economy
• Italian: economico — pertaining to an economy
• Japanese: 経済の (keizai no) — pertaining to an economy
• Japanese: 経済的な (keizaiteki na) — pertaining to an economy
• Kazakh: экономикалық (ékonomikalyq) — pertaining to an economy
• Khmer: សេដ្ឋកិច្ច (seetthaʼkəc) — pertaining to an economy
• Korean: 경제의 (gyeongje-ui) — pertaining to an economy
• Northern Kurdish: îktîsadî — pertaining to an economy
• Northern Kurdish: ekonomik — pertaining to an economy
• Kyrgyz: экономикалык (ekonomikalık) — pertaining to an economy
• Ladino: ekonomiko — pertaining to an economy
• Lao: ເສດຖະກິດ (sēt tha kit) — pertaining to an economy
• Latvian: ekonomisks — pertaining to an economy
• Lithuanian: ekonominis — pertaining to an economy
• Macedonian: економски (ekonomski) — pertaining to an economy
• Malay: ekonomi — pertaining to an economy
• Maltese: ekonomiku — pertaining to an economy
• Mongolian: аж ахуйн (až axujn) — pertaining to an economy
• Norwegian Bokmål: økonomisk — pertaining to an economy
• Occitan: economic — pertaining to an economy
• Pashto: وټه ييز (wëṭa yiz) — pertaining to an economy
• Pashto: اقتصادي (eqtesādi) — pertaining to an economy
• Persian: اقتصادی (eqtesâdi) — pertaining to an economy
• Polish: ekonomiczny — pertaining to an economy
• Polish: gospodarczy — pertaining to an economy
• Brazilian Portuguese: econômico — pertaining to an economy
• European Portuguese: económico — pertaining to an economy
• Romanian: economic — pertaining to an economy
• Russian: экономи́ческий (ekonomíčeskij) — pertaining to an economy
• Russian: хозя́йственный (xozjájstvennyj) — pertaining to an economy
• Scottish Gaelic: eagonomach — pertaining to an economy
• Serbo-Croatian: еко̀номскӣ — pertaining to an economy
• Serbo-Croatian: ekònomskī — pertaining to an economy
• Slovak: hospodársky — pertaining to an economy
• Slovene: ekonomski — pertaining to an economy
• Slovene: gospodarski — pertaining to an economy
• Spanish: económico — pertaining to an economy
• Swahili: kiuchumi — pertaining to an economy
• Swedish: ekonomisk — pertaining to an economy
• Tagalog: agimatin — pertaining to an economy
• Tajik: иқтисодӣ (iqtisodi) — pertaining to an economy
• Thai: เศรษฐกิจ (sèet-tà-gìt) — pertaining to an economy
• Turkish: ekonomik — pertaining to an economy
• Turkish: iktisadi — pertaining to an economy
• Turkmen: ykdysady — pertaining to an economy
• Ukrainian: економі́чний (ekonomíčnyj) — pertaining to an economy
• Ukrainian: господа́рський (hospodársʹkyj) — pertaining to an economy
• Urdu: مُعاشی (mu'āśī) — pertaining to an economy
• Urdu: اِقْتِصادی (iqtisādī) — pertaining to an economy
• Uyghur: ئىقتىسادىي (iqtisadiy) — pertaining to an economy
• Uzbek: iqtisodiy — pertaining to an economy
• Vietnamese: kinh tế — pertaining to an economy
• Yiddish: עקאָנאָמיש (ekonomish) — pertaining to an economy
• Bulgarian: икономичен (ikonomičen) — cheap
• Bulgarian: рентабилен (rentabilen) — cheap
• Czech: ekonomický — cheap
• Finnish: taloudellinen — cheap
• French: économique — cheap
• Galician: barato — cheap
• Georgian: ეკონომიური (eḳonomiuri) — cheap
• German: sparsam — cheap
• German: günstig — cheap
• Irish: eacnamaíoch — cheap
• Irish: eacnamúil — cheap
• Italian: economico — cheap
• Italian: economo — cheap
• Polish: ekonomiczny — cheap
• Brazilian Portuguese: econômico — cheap
• European Portuguese: económico — cheap
• Scottish Gaelic: eagonomach — cheap
• Spanish: económico — cheap
• Catalan: econòmic — pertaining to the study of money
• Czech: ekonomický — pertaining to the study of money
• Finnish: talous- — pertaining to the study of money
• French: économique — pertaining to the study of money
• German: Wirtschafts- — pertaining to the study of money
• German: ökonomisch — pertaining to the study of money
• Irish: eacnamaíoch — pertaining to the study of money
• Irish: eacnamúil — pertaining to the study of money
• Italian: economico — pertaining to the study of money
• Polish: ekonomiczny — pertaining to the study of money
• Scottish Gaelic: eagonomach — pertaining to the study of money
• Spanish: económico — pertaining to the study of money