economic

See also: econòmic

English

Alternative forms

• economick, œconomic (archaic)
• œconomick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French economique, from Latin oeconomicus, from Ancient Greek οἰκονομικός (oikonomikós, “skilled with household management”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɒmɪk

Adjective

economic (comparative more economic, superlative most economic)

1. Pertaining to an economy.
   • 2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:

     Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.

2. Frugal; cheap (in the sense of representing good value); economical.
3. Pertaining to the study of money and its movement.

Usage notes

Modern usage prefers economic when describing the economy of a region or country (and when referring to personal or family budgeting).
Economical is preferred when referring to thrift or value for money.

Derived terms

• economical
• economics

Related terms

• economise
• economize
• economic blockade
• economic warfare

Translations

pertaining to an economy

• Albanian: ekonomik (sq)
• Arabic: اقتصادي‎
• Armenian: տնտեսական (hy) (tntesakan)
• Bulgarian: икономически (bg) (ikonomičeski), стопански (stopanski)
• Catalan: econòmic (ca)
• Czech: hospodářský (cs) m
• Dutch: economisch (nl)
• Esperanto: ekonomia
• Finnish: kansantaloudellinen (fi)
• French: économique (fr) m or f
• Galician: económico m
• Georgian: ეკონომიკური (eḳonomiḳuri)
• German: ökonomisch (de)
• Greek: οικονομικός (el) m (oikonomikós) (oikonomikós)
• Hebrew: כלכלי‎ (kalkali)
• Hindi: आर्थिक (hi) (ārthik)
• Hungarian: gazdasági (hu)
• Irish: eacnamaíoch, eacnamúil

• Italian: economico (it)
• Kazakh: экономикалық (ékonomïkalıq)
• Ladino: ekonomiko
• Latvian: ekonomisks
• Lithuanian: ekonominis (lt)
• Maltese: ekonomiku
• Pashto: وټه ييز‎ m (wëṭa yiz)
• Persian: اقتصادی‎ (fa)
• Polish: ekonomiczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: económico (pt), econômico (pt)
• Romanian: economic (ro) m, economică f
• Russian: экономи́ческий (ru) (ekonomíčeskij), хозя́йственный (ru) (xozjájstvennyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: eagonomach
• Spanish: económico (es) m
• Tagalog: agimatin
• Tajik: иқтисодӣ (iqtisodī)
• Turkish: ekonomik (tr)
• Yiddish: עקאָנאָמיש‎ (ekonomish)

cheap

• Bulgarian: икономичен (bg) (ikonomičen), рентабилен (bg) (rentabilen)
• Czech: ekonomický (cs) m
• Finnish: taloudellinen (fi)
• French: économique (fr)
• Galician: barato (gl) m

• Georgian: ეკონომიური (eḳonomiuri)
• Irish: eacnamaíoch, eacnamúil
• Italian: economico (it), economo (it)
• Polish: ekonomiczny (pl) m
• Scottish Gaelic: eagonomach

pertaining to the study of money

• Catalan: econòmic (ca)
• Czech: ekonomický (cs) m
• Finnish: talous- (fi)
• French: économique (fr) m or f

• Irish: eacnamaíoch, eacnamúil
• Italian: economico (it)
• Polish: ekonomiczny (pl) m
• Scottish Gaelic: eagonomach

Anagrams

• oncomice

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Adjective

economic m pl

1. plural of economich

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Romanian

Etymology

From French économique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.koˈno.mik/

Adjective

economic m or n (feminine singular economică, masculine plural economici, feminine and neuter plural economice)

1. economic
2. economical

Declension

declension of economic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	economic		economică	economici	economice
	definite	economicul		economica	economicii	economicele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	economic		economice	economici	economice
	definite	economicului		economicei	economicilor	economicelor