parcimonie
French, noun/paʁ.si.mɔ.ni/
parcimonie is spelled P-A-R-C-I-M-O-N-I-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 39,210th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parcimonie is a French feminine noun meaning “parsimony (great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Épargne minutieuse, s’attachant aux petites choses”.
What does parcimonie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineparsimony (great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Épargne minutieuse, s’attachant aux petites choses. 2. S’applique à un raisonnement qui s’attache à expliquer un phénomène en un minimum d’hypothèses.
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 parcimonie
- parcimonies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parcimonie?
- /paʁ.si.mɔ.ni/
- \paʁ.si.mɔ.ni\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to parcimonie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is parcimonie in French?
parcimonie appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).