économie
French, noun/e.kɔ.nɔ.mi/
économie is spelled É-C-O-N-O-M-I-E (8 letters) and appears 112 times per million words in written French, the 736th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Économie is a French feminine noun meaning “economy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Épargne dans la dépense”.
What does économie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineeconomy
économie circulaire
- 2
feminineeconomics (the study of resource and wealth allocation, consumption, and distribution, of capital and investment, and of management of the factors of production)
économie
- 3
feminineeconomy (frugal use of resources)
économie de moyens
- 4
femininesavings
dépenser toutes ses économies
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Épargne dans la dépense. 2. Épargne mise en réserve. 3. Réduction (de quelque chose assimilable à un effort, un cout) obtenue par une façon différente de procéder. 4. L’ordre, la règle que l’on apporte dans la conduite d’un ménage, dans la dépense d’une maison, dans l’administration d’un bien.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of économie
- économies plural
- œconomie alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce économie?
- /e.kɔ.nɔ.mi/
- \e.kɔ.nɔ.mi\
- \e.ko.no.mi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to économie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is économie in French?
économie appears 112 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).