thrifty in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for thrifty in the English»French Dictionary

thrifty [Brit ˈθrɪfti, Am ˈθrɪfti] ADJ

thrifty person

économe (in dans)

thrifty life, meal

économique

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économe

thrifty

thrifty in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for thrifty in the English»French Dictionary

thrifty <-ier, -iest> [ˈθrɪf·ti] ADJ

thrifty

économe

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être économe

to be thrifty

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English

In operations on the hilly routes it was very thrifty, however it was not so economical on the flat.

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However, the potential thrifty genes that may be affected by nutritional factors have yet to be identified.

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He is very thrifty, almost to a fault.

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Ten out of the fourteen children in this thrifty, intelligent, religious family lived to the age of twenty-one.

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The children had been taught from a young age to be thrifty.

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However, if selection has only been acting for the past 15,000 years then there has been insufficient time for thrifty genes to spread at all.

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He was thrifty and accumulated quite a little property.

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The temple income was small and the family had to be very thrifty.

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This paradox generates doubts about whether the thrifty phenotype is adaptive for human offspring.

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His father encouraged him to be thrifty and cut back on expenses.

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