économe

• œconome (obsolete)

Learned borrowing from Latin oeconomus, from Ancient Greek οἰκονόμος (oikonómos), from οἶκος (oîkos, “house”) + νόμος (nómos, “law, rule”)

• IPA^(key): /e.kɔ.nɔm/

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économe (plural économes)

1. penny-wise; thrifty; economical

économe m or f by sense (plural économes)

1. bursar

économe m (plural économes)

1. vegetable peeler

• économat

• “économe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.