parcimonieux
French, adjective/paʁ.si.mɔ.njø/
parcimonieux is spelled P-A-R-C-I-M-O-N-I-E-U-X (12 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 112,013th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parcimonieux is a French adjective meaning “parsimonious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a de la parcimonie”.
What does parcimonieux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
parsimonious
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a de la parcimonie. 2. Se dit d'un modèle faisant intervenir un faible nombre de paramètres.
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 parcimonieux
- parcimonieuse feminine
- parcimonieuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parcimonieux?
- /paʁ.si.mɔ.njø/
- \paʁ.si.mɔ.njø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to parcimonieux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is parcimonieux in French?
parcimonieux appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).