Translation of "stingy" to French

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Dictionary translations for "stingy"

stingy [ˈstɪndʒɪ] adjective

stingier / stingiest

radin

He is thrifty, not to say stingy.

Il est économe, pour ne pas dire radin.

avare (beh)

Once upon a time, there lived a stingy old man in the village.

Il était une fois un vieil homme avare qui vivait au village.

Contexts with "stingy"

He is thrifty, not to say stingy. Il est économe, pour ne pas dire radin.

Once upon a time, there lived a stingy old man in the village. Il était une fois un vieil homme avare qui vivait au village.

He is very stingy with his money. Il est très radin avec son argent.

He is inclined to look at everything from the standpoint of its practicality and is neither stingy nor extravagant. Il a tendance à considérer toute chose sous un angle pratique et n'est ni avare ni prodigue.

Strangely, rich people tend to be stingier than poor people. Curieusement, les gens riches tendent à être plus radins que les pauvres.

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