English-French translations for niggard

• avare
  Nous avons été très avares en ce qui concerne la libre circulation des travailleurs. We have been very niggardly in relation to the free movement of labour.
  Monsieur le Président, Madame la Commissaire, Monsieur le Premier ministre, la présidence suédoise mérite des éloges, même de la part de vos opposants suédois, habituellement avares de compliments. Mr President, Commissioner, Prime Minister, the Swedish presidency also deserves praise from those of your opponents in Sweden who are usually niggardly with their compliments.

Definition of niggard

• Sparing; stinting; parsimonious
• A miser or stingy person; a skinflint
• A false bottom in a grate, used for saving fuel. CITATION NEEDED FOR --
• To hoard#Verb|hoard; to act stingily

Related words

• nigga
• niggardly
• niggardliness