thrift

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• /ˈθɹɪft/
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From Middle English thrift, thryfte, þrift, from Old Norse þrift (“thriving condition, prosperity”). Equivalent to thrive + -t.

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: ашча́днасць (aščádnascʹ) — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Belarusian: беражлі́васць (bjeražlívascʹ) — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Belarusian: ашча́длівасць (aščádlivascʹ) — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Belarusian: ашчэ́днасць (aščédnascʹ) — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Belarusian: збо́рлівасць (zbórlivascʹ) — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Belarusian: экано́мнасць (ekanómnascʹ) — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Bulgarian: спесто́вност (spestóvnost) — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Bulgarian: пестели́вост (pestelívost) — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Bulgarian: песто́вност (pestóvnost) — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Chinese Mandarin: 節儉 /节俭 (jiéjiǎn) — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Chinese Mandarin: 節約 /节约 (jiéyuē) — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Czech: spořivost — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Danish: sparsommelighed — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Dutch: zuinigheid — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Dutch: spaarzaamheid — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Finnish: säästäväisyys — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• French: parcimonie — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• French: économie — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• French: épargne — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Galician: austeridade — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Galician: severidade — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Galician: sobriedade — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Galician: moderación — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Georgian: მომჭირნეობა (momč̣irneoba) — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Georgian: ყაირათი (q̇airati) — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Georgian: დამზოგველობა (damzogveloba) — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Georgian: ზომიერება (zomiereba) — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Georgian: ეკონომიურობა (eḳonomiuroba) — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• German: Sparsamkeit — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Greek: λιτότητα (litótita) — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Ancient Greek: φειδωλία (pheidōlía) — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Hungarian: takarékosság — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Irish: barainn — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Irish: tábhacht — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Italian: parsimonia — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Italian: frugalità — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Italian: risparmio — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Italian: economia — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Japanese: 倹約 (ken'yaku) — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Japanese: 節倹 (sekken) — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Korean: 절약 (jeoryak) — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Korean: 검약 (geomyak) — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Latin: frūgālitās — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Latin: parsimonia — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Norwegian Bokmål: nøysomhet — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nøysemd — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Persian: صرفهجویی (sarfe-juyi) — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Polish: oszczędność — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Portuguese: frugalidade — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Portuguese: economia — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Romanian: cumpătare — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Russian: бережли́вость (berežlívostʹ) — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Russian: эконо́мность (ekonómnostʹ) — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Slovak: sporivosť — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Spanish: parsimonia — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Spanish: parquedad — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Spanish: economía — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Spanish: ahorro — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Swedish: sparsamhet — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Tamil: சிக்கனம் (cikkaṉam) — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Turkish: tutumluluk — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Ottoman Turkish: اداره (idâre) — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Ukrainian: оща́дливість (oščádlyvistʹ) — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Ukrainian: оща́дність (oščádnistʹ) — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Ukrainian: бережли́вість (berežlývistʹ) — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Ukrainian: еконо́мність (ekonómnistʹ) — characteristic of using a minimum of something
• Bulgarian: лъжниче (lǎžniče) — various plants of the genus Armeria
• Dutch: Armeria — various plants of the genus Armeria
• Dutch: Engels gras — various plants of the genus Armeria
• Finnish: laukkaneilikka — various plants of the genus Armeria
• French: armérie — various plants of the genus Armeria
• German: Grasnelke — various plants of the genus Armeria
• Icelandic: geldingahnappur — various plants of the genus Armeria
• Icelandic: gullintoppa — various plants of the genus Armeria
• Irish: rabhán — various plants of the genus Armeria
• Japanese: 浜簪 (hama kanzashi) — various plants of the genus Armeria
• Japanese: アルメリア (arumeria) — various plants of the genus Armeria
• Polish: zawciąg — various plants of the genus Armeria
• Swedish: trift — various plants of the genus Armeria